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Daniel Mendelsohn’s Memoir-Writing
- Rings of Memory
Engelsk
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
170
ISBN-13:
9781793626769
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1793626766
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 nov 2021
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
161mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Serie:
Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature
Oplagsdato:
16 nov 2021
Forfatter(e):
Hardback
Format:

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This volume of eight essays written by French scholars analyzes Daniel Mendelsohn''s first three volumes of nonfiction (The Elusive Embrace, 1999, The Lost, 2006, and An Odyssey, 2017) as well as an illustrated interview (2019) in which Mendelsohn tackles various aspects of his work as a literary and cultural critic, as a professor of classical literature, as a translator, and as a memoirist. The essays discussing The Elusive Embrace (1999) argue that, in addition to offering a subtle reflection on sexual identity and genres, Mendelsohn’s first volume already broadens his topic and patiently weaves links between ancient and present times, feeding his meditation with his knowledge of Greek culture and myths—a natural movement of back and forth which would become his signature. The Lost (2006), his much acclaimed investigation into the death by bullet of six of his family members during the Shoah, is analyzed as a close-up on the disappearance of a whole world, the unspeakability of which Mendelsohn addressed through intertwining several languages, linguistic echoes, and biblical references. Finally, Mendelsohn’s recent An Odyssey (2017) is studied as a brilliant musing on teaching Homer’s masterpiece while building up a memoir on his declining father sitting among his students and allowing Homer’s universal questions and lessons to enlighten a father and son’s last journey.


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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
170
ISBN-13:
9781793626769
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1793626766
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 nov 2021
Længde:
16mm
Bredde:
161mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Serie:
Lexington Studies in Jewish Literature
Oplagsdato:
16 nov 2021
Forfatter(e):
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