The Trace of Judaism : Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas / Val Vinokur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vinokur, Val.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory.

Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mandelʹshtam, Osip, 1891-1938--Criticism and interpretation.

Mandelʹshtam, Osip.

Babelʹ, I. (Isaak), 1894-1940--Criticism and interpretation.

Babelʹ, I.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881--Criticism and interpretation.

Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.

Lévinas, Emmanuel--Criticism and interpretation.

Lévinas, Emmanuel.

Aesthetics.

Judaism in literature.

Judaism and literature.

Ethics.

Russian literature--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 190 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Recipient, 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship The defining quality of Russian literature, for most critics, is its ethical seriousness expressed through formal originality.The Trace of Judaism addresses this characteristic through the thought of the Lithuanian-born Franco-Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas.

Contents:

Introduction : Levinas and Russian literature

Idiots and demons : Dostoevsky's aesthetic perils

"And I most of all" : Levinas in The brothers Karamazov

Isaac Babel's dirty ethics

Osip Mandelstam's Judaism : chaos and cares

Conclusion : the ethics of aesthetics, the aesthetics of ethics.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-178) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8101-6253-9

OCLC:

798295883