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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785386003321

Autore

Livak Leonid

Titolo

The Jewish persona in the European imagination [[electronic resource] ] : a case of Russian literature / / Leonid Livak

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, CA, : Stanford University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-8047-7562-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (513 p.)

Collana

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Disciplina

891.709/3529924

Soggetti

Russian literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Russian literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism

Jews in literature

Antisemitism in literature

Christianity and antisemitism - Europe - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration and Translation; Introduction: The Western Wall of Russian Literature; I. The Generative Model of "the jews"; II. How Gogol's Iankel' Is Made; III. The Discreet Pleasures of Liberalism; IV. Concerto for Flute Without Orchestra; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the representation of Jews in European literature has little to do with actual, human Jews, but rather is derived from the conception of Jews as Christianity's paradigmatic Other, eternally reenacting their morally ambiguous New Testament role as the Christ-bearing and -killing chosen people of God.