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A Centaur in Auschwitz: Reflections on Primo Levi's Thinking »
Authors: Richard Brilliant
ISBN-13: 9780739106631, ISBN-10: 0739106635
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Lexington Books
Date Published: November 2003
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Richard Brilliant
Book Synopsis
In A Centaur in Auschwitz, Massimo Giuliani sheds new light on Primo Levi's rational, demythologizing approach to suffering and survival. Whether working in narrative or poetic form, Levi grappled with the ambiguities and complexities of innocence and guilt, triumph and loss. This unique book, with its concise overview of Levi's expression and development as a writer, reveals Primo Levi for what he was: scientist, intellectual, Jew, and dedicated seeker of the roots of human dignity.
Table of Contents
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Introduction: Primo Levi in America | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | An Intellectual Autobiography: The Periodic Table as the Gateway to Understanding Primo Levi | 7 |
| Ch. 2 | Reactions: Primo Levi's Chemistry and His Fascist Education | 17 |
| Ch. 3 | "I Am a Centaur": Primo Levi's Self-Portrait | 27 |
| Ch. 4 | Number 174517: Understanding and the Conflict of Virtue | 37 |
| Ch. 5 | "More by Chance than by Virtue": The Role of Luck in Levi's Weltanschauung | 47 |
| Ch. 6 | The Star of Salvaction: The Meaning of "Being Saved" | 55 |
| Ch. 7 | Levi's Cultural Judaism: A Religion of Conscience and Freedom | 65 |
| Ch. 8 | "Consider that this has been": Primo Levi as a Poet | 73 |
| Ch. 9 | In the Ocean of Literature: The Naturalistic-Encyclopedic Style of Levi's Narrative | 85 |
| Conclusion: Outside of the Circle | 95 | |
| Bibliography | 101 | |
| Index | 107 | |
| About the Author | 111 |
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