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Levinas and medieval literature : the "difficult reading" of English and rabbinic texts

Title
Levinas and medieval literature : the "difficult reading" of English and rabbinic texts / edited by Ann W. Astell & J.A. Jackson.
Publication
Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Astell, Ann W.
  • Jackson, J. A. (Justin A.), 1972-
Description
x, 374 p.; 23 cm.
Summary
"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.
Subject
  • 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
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-357) and index.
ISBN
  • 9780820704203 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0820704202 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780820704210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0820704210 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2009001681
OCLC
  • ocn236321726
  • SCSB-14503542
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library