Summoning [[electronic resource] ] : ideas of the covenant and interpretive theory / / edited by Ellen Spolsky

• Pubblicazione: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1993
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Disciplina: 809/.93382
• Soggetto topico: Religion and literature; Literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Covenant theology in literature; Covenants - Religious aspects - Judaism; Judaism - Essence, genius, nature
• Altri autori: SpolskyEllen <1943->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Content""; ""Power and Constraint: Covenantal Hermeneutics in Milton""; ""Theoretical Perspectives""; ""Biblical Covenants as Performative Language""; ""Facing the Other: Levinas, Perelman, and Rosenzweig""; ""The Difficulty of Finding a Moral Basis for Accepting the Covenant""; ""The Perpetual Covenant of Jewish Learning""; ""The Sign of the Covenant""; ""Covenants and Texts""; ""Redesigning Redemption: Covenant in the Testament of Moses"" ; ""Placing Reading: Ancient Israel and Medieval Europe""""Binding and Unbinding: The Summons to Interpretation in The Merchant of Venice""; ""American Literature's Declaration of In/dependence: Stanley Cavell, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the Covenant of Consent""; ""Intertextuality and Reader Responsibility: Living On in Malamud's ""The Mourners""""; """" The New Covenant"" and theDilemma of Dissensus:Bercovitch, Roth, and Doctorow""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""Back Matter""; ""Back Cover""
• Titolo autorizzato: Summoning
• ISBN: 1-4384-2084-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785642403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture