TY - BOOK ID - 101582853 TI - Primo Levi and the Identity of a Survivor PY - 2018 SN - 1487512295 1487512287 1487501021 1487523289 PB - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, DB - UniCat KW - Autobiography. KW - Holocaust survivors in literature. KW - Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature. KW - Jews KW - Judenvernichtung KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Italian. KW - Identity. KW - Levi, Primo KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Endlösung KW - Holocaust KW - Holokaust KW - Judenfrage KW - Schoah KW - Shoah KW - Drittes Reich KW - Šô'ā KW - Juden KW - Judenverfolgung KW - Nationalsozialistisches Verbrechen KW - Vernichtungslager KW - Deutschland KW - Identity, Jewish KW - Jewish identity KW - Jewishness KW - Jewish law KW - Jewish nationalism KW - Autobiographies KW - Autobiography KW - Egodocuments KW - Memoirs KW - Biography as a literary form KW - Vernichtung KW - Ethnic identity KW - Race identity KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - History and criticism KW - Technique KW - Levi, Primo, KW - Malabaila, Damiano, KW - Леви, Примо, KW - לוי, פרימו, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:101582853 AB - "Primo Levi (1919-1987) was an Italian chemist, writer, and Holocaust survivor who used a combination of testimony, essays, and creative writing to explore crucial themes related to the Shoah. His voice is among the most important to emerge from this dark chapter in human history. In Primo Levi and the Identity of a Survivor, Nancy Harrowitz examines the complex role that Levi's Jewish identity played in his choices of how to portray his survival, as well as in his exposition of topics such as bystander complicity. Her analysis uncovers a survivor's shame that deeply influenced the personas he created to recount his experiences. Exploring a range of Levi's works, including Survival at Auschwitz and lesser-known works of fiction and poetry, she illustrates key issues within his development as a writer. At the heart of Levi's discourse, Harrowitz argues, lies a complex interplay of narrative modes that reveals his brilliance as a theorist of testimony."-- In Primo Levi and the Identity of a Survivor, Nancy Harrowitz examines the complex role that Levi's cultural identity played in his choices of how to portray his survival, as well as his exposition of topics such as bystander complicity. ER -