Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics
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.
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Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics
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.
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Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

by Robert S. C. Gordon
Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

Primo Levi's Ordinary Virtues: From Testimony to Ethics

by Robert S. C. Gordon

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198159636
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 12/13/2001
Pages: 328
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Cambridge University; and

Table of Contents

AbreviationsIntroduction: Beyond TestimonyI: The Ethical Turn1. Looking2. Memory3. Discretion, or Language and Silence4. UsesII: Wit, or Practical Intelligence5. Measure, or a Sense of Limit6. Practice, or Trial and Error7. Perspective, or Looking Again8. Invention, or First ThingsIII: Community9. Common Sense10. Friendship11. StorytellingIV: Diversions12. Irony, or Wit Revisited13. PlayBibliographyIndex
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