TY - BOOK AU - Piloiu,Rares G. TI - The Quest for Redemption: Central European Jewish Thought in Joseph Roth's Works T2 - Comparative Cultural Studies SN - 9781612495491 AV - PT2635.O84 .P556 2018 U1 - 833/.912 PY - 2018/// CY - West Lafayette, IN PB - Purdue University Press KW - Roth, Joseph,-1894-1939-Criticism and interpretation KW - Redemption in literature KW - Jews-Identity KW - Ethnicity in literature KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5515338 ER -