Primo Levi - The Austere Humanist (Paperback)

Primo Levi has been identified in the public mind as the supreme witness to the barbarism that was the Nazi Holocaust but he was ambivalent about having that role thrust upon him. He also wished to be judged as a writer who, in addition to the autobiographical works on his experiences in the death camps, wrote poetry, produced volumes of sci-fi stories, authored novels and contributed critical essays to newspapers on a range of topics and writers. No one has the right to ignore or downplay the 'testimony' Primo Levi offered, but it is time to examine the wider vision inherent in his work and to explore the tradition in which he operated. Levi was one of the great wisdom writers of his age, whose ethical authority, somewhat to his own embarrassment, was accepted in many fields. Several contributors to this collection of essays see him as a proponent of Enlightenment values, or as heir to a longer Humanist tradition. Even after enduring Auschwitz, he held fast to a notion of the dignity of the human person, and no man did more to reestablish, however quizzically, the secular basis for such beliefs. His overall standing as writer is the subject of this book.

General

Imprint:	Verlag Peter Lang
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Release date:	February 2004
Authors:	Joseph Farrell
Dimensions:	220 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-910069-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-910069-6
Barcode:	9783039100699

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