The consolations of writing : literary strategies of resistance from Boethius to Primo Levi
Rivkah Zim
Bok · Engelsk · 2014
| Omfang | VIII, 323 sider
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| Opplysninger | Introduction -- In defence of civilization. The disciplines of reason and lyric poetry: Anicius Boethius, of the consolation of philosophy (c. 524-5): the foundations of resistance in dialogue and lyric -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, letters and papers from prison (1943-45): Christian More, a dialogue of comfort against tribulation: a political guide to the dilemmas of religious conscience (1934-35) -- Antonio Gramsci, Prison letters (1926-37): dialogue in dialectic -- Preservation of self. Memory and the prisoner: self-justification in images of grace and disgrace abounding: John Bunyan, grace abounding to the chief of sinners (1666): writing the eternally present self -- Oscar Wilde, De profundis (1897): a pastoral letter of disgrace abounding -- Memorial narratives as salvation for the feminine self. Marie-Jeanne Roland, Memoirs (1793): writing history herself -- Anne Frank, The diary and tales from the secret annexe (1942-44): life writing -- The consolations of imagination and lyric poetry. Jean Cassou, trente-trois sonnets composes au secret (1943) -- Irina Ratushinskaya, Pencil letter and No I'm not afraid (1982-86): Preserving the conviction of a poet. Testimony for mankind with hindsight and beyond resistance: Primo Levi, If this is a man (1947) and Ad ora incerta (1947-86): resisting the demolition of a man - Primo Levi, Moments of reprieve (1981): in defence of a civilization -- Conclusions: beyond testimony .
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| Emner | Boethius, Anicius Manlius Severinus , -524
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich , 1906-1945 Bunyan, John , 1628-1688 Cassou, Jean , 1897-1986 Vis mer... Frank, Anne , 1929-1945
Gramsci, Antonio , 1891-1937 Levi, Primo , 1919-1987 More, Thomas , helgen Ratusinskaja, Irina , 1954- Roland, Marie-Jeanne Wilde, Oscar , 1854-1900 Autobiography Politics and literature Politics in literature Prisoners' writings - History and criticism Protest literature - History and criticism Psychic trauma in literature Underground literature - History and criticism Autofiksjon Fangenskap Fengsler Innsatte Litteratur Motiver Traumer Undergrunnslitteratur |
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| ISBN | 9780691161808
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