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- catalog abstract ""Primo Levi was perhaps the most humane and eloquent writer of testimony to emerge from the Nazi Holocaust. But he also went beyond testimony in his work, tackling many of the founding ethical questions of what it is to be human, 'how to live'. Whether in accounts of the concentration camps, essays, science-fiction, autobiography, poetry, or fiction, he always approached his writing with a questioning, ethically open and alert eye. This book explores the extraordinary depth of Levi the ethical writer across his entire oeuvre for the first time, by way of thirteen so-called 'ordinary virtues' - that is, 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. From the book a new understanding of Levi's importance as both witness and writer emerges, enhancing his status as one of the key literary figures of the twentieth century."--Cover.".
- catalog contributor b12327437.
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""Primo Levi was perhaps the most humane and eloquent writer of testimony to emerge from the Nazi Holocaust. But he also went beyond testimony in his work, tackling many of the founding ethical questions of what it is to be human, 'how to live'. Whether in accounts of the concentration camps, essays, science-fiction, autobiography, poetry, or fiction, he always approached his writing with a questioning, ethically open and alert eye. This book explores the extraordinary depth of Levi the ethical writer across his entire oeuvre for the first time, by way of thirteen so-called 'ordinary virtues' - that is, the ways and means Levi forges for practically and compassionately engaging with the world.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-310) and index.".
- catalog description "It draws on a wide range of recent thinking about Holocaust literature and the general relationship between literature and ethics. From the book a new understanding of Levi's importance as both witness and writer emerges, enhancing his status as one of the key literary figures of the twentieth century."--Cover.".
- catalog description "pt. I. The Ethical Turn -- 1. Looking -- 2. Memory -- 3. Discretion, or Language and Silence -- 4. Use -- pt. II. Wit, or Practical Intelligence -- 5. Measure, or A Sense of Limit -- 6. Practice, or Trial and Error -- 7. Perspective, or Looking Again -- 8. Invention, or First Things -- pt. III. Community -- 9. Common Sense -- 10. Friendship -- 11. Storytelling -- pt. IV. Diversions -- 12. Irony, or Wit Revisited -- 13. Play.".
- catalog extent "x, 316 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0198159633".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog subject "853/.914 21".
- catalog subject "Levi, Primo Ethics.".
- catalog subject "PQ4872.E8 Z66 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. I. The Ethical Turn -- 1. Looking -- 2. Memory -- 3. Discretion, or Language and Silence -- 4. Use -- pt. II. Wit, or Practical Intelligence -- 5. Measure, or A Sense of Limit -- 6. Practice, or Trial and Error -- 7. Perspective, or Looking Again -- 8. Invention, or First Things -- pt. III. Community -- 9. Common Sense -- 10. Friendship -- 11. Storytelling -- pt. IV. Diversions -- 12. Irony, or Wit Revisited -- 13. Play.".
- catalog title "Primo Levi's ordinary virtues : from testimony to ethics / Robert S.C. Gordon.".
- catalog type "text".