The Memory of the Offence: Primo Levi's "If This is a Man" - Couverture souple

Woolf, Judith

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1899293159 ISBN 13 : 9781899293155

Editeur : Troubador Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

In this study of Primo Levi's 'If This is a Man (Se questo è un uomo)', the author tries to give some sense of the historical and cultural context not just of Levi's book, but also of the events which gave rise to it, since it is to those events that Levi is directing us. For the same reason, suggestions for further reading mainly concentrate on history. While looking at some of the many literary influences on Levi's book, particularly that of Dante's Inferno, this book also places it in the literature of survivor accounts. The author has drawn widely on Levi's other writings, both because If This is a Man has to be seen as the beginning of a lifetime's endeavour, and because, in the absence of a definitive body of criticism, Levi remains the best explicator of his own work. This book is intended both for the student of Italian and for the general reader. All quotations from If This is a Man and all verse quotations are given both in Italian and in English, while all other quotations from Italian texts are given in English.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Judith Woolf is a senior lecturer in English and Italian literature. She has published many books and articles focussing on translation.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Troubador Publishing
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1899293159
• ISBN 13: 9781899293155
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 89
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible