Primo Levi's ordinary virtues : from testimony to ethics / Robert S.C. Gordon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gordon, Robert S. C. (Robert Samuel Clive), 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Levi, Primo, 1919-1987--Ethics.

Levi, Primo.

Levi, Primo, 1919-1987.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

x, 316 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Summary:

This book explores the extraordinary depth of Levi the ethical writer across his entire oeuvre, by way of thirteen so-called "ordinary virtues"--the ways and means Levi forges for practically and compassionately engaging with the world. It draws on a wide range of recent thinking about Holocaust literature and the general relationship between literature and ethics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-310) and index.

ISBN:

0198159633

OCLC:

47023542