Edmond Jabes and the Archaeology of the Book - Text, Pre-Texts, Contexts (Hardcover)

This book offers a fresh reflection on The Book of Questions by the French-Egyptian Jewish writer Edmond Jabes and its readings, and proposes to re-contextualize Jabes' enigmatic prose through the lens of the author's manuscripts. Addressed are the main prisms through which Jabes' oeuvre has been read since its publication in 1963: Jewishness, the Shoah, intertextuality with Midrash and Kabbalah, hermeticism and interpretation. It analyzes their shapes and their becoming in the work-in-progress, reveals the dynamics and the contexts of their evolution from the pre-texts to the text and beyond, and reflects on the relationship between creation, interpretation, and writing as a process. It seeks to rethink our reading of The Book of Questions and the poetics and hermeneutics of enigmatic writing.

General

Imprint:	De Gruyter
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts
Release date:	November 2021
First published:	2021
Authors:	Tsivia Wygoda Frank
Dimensions:	230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	220
ISBN-13:	978-3-11-062955-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies Promotions
LSN:	3-11-062955-0
Barcode:	9783110629552

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