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The Jewish persona in the European imagination : a case of Russian literature /

Livak proposes that the idea of the Jews in European cultures has little to do with actual Jews, but rather is derived from the conception of Jews as Christianity's paradigmatic Other, eternally reenacting their morally ambiguous New Testament role as the Christ-bearing and Christ-killing chose...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Livak, Leonid
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2010.
Series:Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Western Wall of Russian Literature
  • The Generative Model of "the jews"
  • How Gogol's Iankel' Is Made
  • The Discreet Pleasures of Liberalism
  • Concerto for Flute Without Orchestra.