Levinas and Literature : New Directions /

The posthumous publication of Emmanuel Levinas's wartime diaries, postwar lectures, and drafts for two novels afford new approaches to understanding the relationship between literature, philosophy, and religion. This volume gathers an international list of experts to examine new questions raise...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors:	Annelies Schulte, Nordholt (Contributor), Arthur, Cools (Contributor), Ashraf, Noor (Contributor), Cools, Arthur (Editor), Danielle, Cohen-Levinas (Contributor), Eli, Schonfeld (Contributor), Eric, Hoppenot (Contributor), Fagenblat, Michael (Editor), François-David, Sebbah (Contributor), Jan, Bierhanzl (Contributor), Jean-Luc, Nancy (Contributor), Kevin, Hart (Contributor), Luc, Anckaert (Contributor), Marcel, Poorthuis (Contributor), Michael, Fagenblat (Contributor), Michaël, de Saint-Cheron (Contributor), Shira, Wolosky (Contributor), Tammy Amiel, Houser (Contributor), Vivian, Liska (Contributor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2020]
Series:	Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts ; 15
Subjects:	Victims in literature > Congresses. French literature > Themes, motives > Congresses. North African literature (French) > Themes, motives > Congresses. Jews > Cultural assimilation > Germany. Judaism > 20th century. Judaism > History > Modern period, 1750- Levinas. Nancy. literature. Victimes dans la littérature > Congrès. Littérature française > Thèmes, motifs > Congrès. Littérature maghrébine (française) > Thèmes, motifs > Congrès. Juifs > Acculturation > Allemagne. Judaïsme > Histoire > 20e siècle. LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish. Victims in literature French literature > Themes, motives Jews > Cultural assimilation Judaism Judaism > Modern period Germany Since 1750 Electronic books. History Conference papers and proceedings
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	The posthumous publication of Emmanuel Levinas's wartime diaries, postwar lectures, and drafts for two novels afford new approaches to understanding the relationship between literature, philosophy, and religion. This volume gathers an international list of experts to examine new questions raised by Levinas's deep and creative experiment in thinking at the intersection of literature, philosophy, and religion. Chapters address the role and significance of poetry, narrative, and metaphor in accessing the ethical sense of ordinary life; Levinas's critical engagement with authors such as Leon Bloy, Paul Celan, Vassily Grossman, Marcel Proust, and Maurice Blanchot; analyses of Levinas's draft novels Eros ou Triple opulence and La Dame de chez Wepler; and the application of Levinas's thought in reading contemporary authors such as Ian McEwen and Cormac McCarthy. Contributors include Danielle Cohen-Levinas, Kevin Hart, Eric Hoppenot, Vivian Liska, Jean-Luc Nancy and François-David Sebbah, among others.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XXII, 314 pages).
ISBN:	9783110668926 3110668920