A Dante of Our Time: Primo Levi and Auschwitz

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This original and timely volume details the influence of Dante's Inferno on Primo Levi's classic Holocaust narrative, Se questo uomo, and his last book of essays, I sommersi e i salvatie. Such key concepts as memory, justice, and the realm of the neutral sinners - la zona grigia for Levi - are given particular emphasis. Three questions form the backbone of the book: Can memory be overcome? Where is justice for...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0820412198

ISBN13:9780820412191

Release Date:May 1990

Publisher:Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W

Length:122 Pages

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Philosophy Social Science Social Sciences

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