The Cambridge Companion to Primo Levi 1st Edition by Robert S C Gordon ISBN 052184357X 9780521843577

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ISBN 10: 052184357X 

ISBN 13: 9780521843577

Author: Robert S. C. Gordon 

Primo Levi, one of the most admired of Holocaust writers and survivors, was the author of a rich body of work, including memoirs and reflections on Auschwitz and also poetry, science fiction, historical fiction and a wide range of essays. This Companion brings together leading specialists and young scholars in the fields of Holocaust studies, Italian literature and language, and literature and science, to offer an accessible introduction to the work of this major writer of the twentieth century.

• Accessible essays by leading experts on Levi
• Aimed at readers of Levi in both English and Italian, but knowledge of Italian is not assumed
• Includes a comprehensive bibliography of Levi’s work and its translations into English

Table of contents:

Preface Robert S. C. Gordon
Chronology
Part I. Cultures:
1. Primo Levi’s Turin David Ward
2. Primo Levi and Jewish identity Nancy Harrowitz
Part II. The Holocaust:
3. From If This is a Man to The Drowned and the Saved Judith Woolf
4. Primo Levi’s Holocaust vocabularies Marco Belpoliti and Robert S. C. Gordon
5. Appropriating Primo Levi Bryan Cheyette
Part III. Science:
6. Primo Levi and ‘man as maker’ Pierpaolo Antonello
7. Primo Levi’s science fiction Charlotte Ross
Part IV. Language and Literature:
8. Primo Levi’s languages Anna Laura Lepschy and Giulio Lepschy
9. Primo Levi’s humour Mirna Cicioni
10. Primo Levi and translation Zaia Alexander
11. Primo Levi, the canon and Italian literature Jonathan Usher
Guide to further reading
Index.

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