Memory and Mastery: Primo Levi as Writer and Witness (First Edition)

Kremer, Roberta S. (editor)

ISBN 10: 079144922X / ISBN 13: 9780791449226

Published by State University of New York, Albany, NY, 2001

About this Item

Examines, through a collection of essays, the work of Primo Levi, one of the premier survivor-writers of the Holocaust. 249 pages with index.

Seller Inventory # 21968

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memory and Mastery: Primo Levi as Writer and Witness (First Edition)
• Publisher: State University of New York, Albany, NY
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 079144922X
• ISBN 13: 9780791449226
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine Plus.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Modern First Editions

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Synopsis

Interdisciplinary explorations into the work of one of the premier writer-survivors of the Holocaust.

This book carefully examines the work of Primo Levi, one of the premier survivor-writers of the Holocaust and one of the outstanding Italian writers of the twentieth century. Artists, writers, and educators have all turned to Levi's writing as a source of inspiration and wisdom in coping with the tragedy of the Holocaust. Until recently, however, there have been few book-length works in English on Levi. This collection of essays from an international group of writers aims to bring greater critical attention to Levi's work by exploring all aspects of his oeuvre, including his science-fiction writings and his poetry, as well as his fictional and nonfictional writings about the Holocaust. Interdisciplinary in nature, this collection includes literary, psychoanalytic, linguistic, and historical approaches to Levi's work.

About the Author

Roberta S. Kremer is Executive Director of the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre.