The trace of Judaism
Subtitle: Dostoevsky, Babel, Mandelstam, Levinas
By: Val Vinokur.
Series: Northwestern University Press studies in Russian literature and theory
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780810152083
Subjects: Lévinas, Emmanuel -- Criticism and interpretation.; Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, -- 1821-1881 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Babelʹ, I. -- 1894-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Mandelʹshtam, Osip, -- 1891-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Russian literature -- History and criticism.; Ethics.; Judaism and literature.; Judaism in literature.; Aesthetics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Levinas and Russian literature; title: Idiots and demons : Dostoevsky's aesthetic perils; title: "And I most of all" : Levinas in The brothers Karamazov; title: Isaac Babel's dirty ethics; title: Osip Mandelstam's Judaism : chaos and cares; title: Conclusion : the ethics of aesthetics, the aesthetics of ethics.