Levinas and medieval literature
Subtitle: the "difficult reading" of English and rabbinic texts
By: edited by Ann W. Astell and J. A. Jackson.
Contributors: Astell, Ann W.; Jackson, J. A. 1972-
Publisher: Duquesne University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780820704203; 9780820704210
Subjects: Lévinas, Emmanuel -- Ethics; Ethics in literature; English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism; Rabbinical literature -- History and criticism; Literature and morals; Religion and literature -- History -- To 1500
Description: "Twelve essays take the unique approach of connecting Christian allegory, talmudic hermeneutics, and Levinasian interpretation, as authors put into dialogue the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas with a variety of English and rabbinic writings from the Middle Ages, thus illuminating what it means to classify medieval texts as profoundly ethical"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.