Memory and Mastery: Primo Levi as Writer and Witness (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780791449219)

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.

Author: Roberta S. Kremer
ISBN-10: 0791449211
ISBN-13: 9780791449219
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Language: English
Published: 04/12/2001
Pages: 267
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.19w x 0.82d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2001 pg. 231
Choice 11/01/2001 pg. 516