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The Quest for Redemption : Central European Jewish Thought in Joseph Roth's Works.

Piloiu, Rares G.

The Quest for Redemption : Central European Jewish Thought in Joseph Roth's Works. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (351 pages) - Comparative Cultural Studies . - Comparative Cultural Studies .

Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Avant-Propos -- Introduction: The Judaic Dimension of Redemption in Roth's Work and a Brief Review of the Relevant Secondary Literature -- Chapter 1: The Promise of Redemption and the Meaning of History: A Central European Jewish Synthesis -- Chapter 2: Homelessness, Anarchy, Negative Utopia: The Via Negativa of Redemption in Joseph Roth's Early Novels -- Chapter 3: Transgression, Confession, Atonement: The Search for Redemption in Joseph Roth's Fiction of Religious Inspiration -- Chapter 4: Memory, Restitution, Justice: The Search for Redemption in Joseph Roth's Historical Fiction -- Chapter 5: Redemption and Irony: The Case of The Tale of the 1002nd Night -- Conclusion -- Main Directions in the Roth Scholarship: A Brief Chronological Sketch -- Works Cited -- Index.

9781612495491


Roth, Joseph,-1894-1939-Criticism and interpretation.
Redemption in literature.
Jews-Identity.
Ethnicity in literature.


Electronic books.

PT2635.O84 .P556 2018

833/.912

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