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Judaism in Marcel Proust - Anti-Semitism, Philo-Semitism, and Judaic Perspectives in Art (Hardcover, New edition)
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Judaism in Marcel Proust - Anti-Semitism, Philo-Semitism, and Judaic Perspectives in Art (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: Currents in Comparative Romance Languages & Literatures, 207
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Through detailed in-depth exegeses of Proust's literary texts (A la
Recherche du temps perdu, Jean Santeuil, and Contre Sainte-Beuve),
Judaism in Marcel Proust: Anti-Semitism, Philo-Semitism, and Judaic
Perspectives in Art explains anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism as
present in actual French literary texts. Unlike other studies about
Proust and Judaism, the narrative in this book is in English; the
focus is on the actual French texts, not on Proust's biography.
Primary Judaic sources such as the Hebrew Bible, the Babylonian
Talmud, Moses Maimonides' Mishneh Torah, and Rashi's commentaries
illuminate Proust's texts and skillfully demonstrate their
anti-Semitic and philo-Semitic subtexts. The principal Proustian
themes that are examined in depth include, first of all, the
anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism of the characters as informed by
Jean-Paul Sartre's Reflexions sur la queston juive; second,
Christian interpretations of Judaic biblical references and their
anti-Semitic connotations as well as the philo-Semitic references
to the Hebrew Bible and to Judaic culture and ritual contained in
the Proust texts; third, the importance of references to art in
Proust's texts and their Judaic significance. Written in a lively,
clear, and accessible style, Judaism in Marcel Proust engages the
reader, both Proustophile and Proust scholar alike. It would be an
excellent choice for the reading list of courses on Proust as well
as for French history and social psychology courses on
anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism relating to the Dreyfus case and
the Belle Epoque.
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