Interpreting Primo Levi: Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Hardcover

by Arthur Chapman (Editor), Minna Vuohelainen (Editor)

The legacy of antifascist partisan, Auschwitz survivor, and author Primo Levi continues to drive exciting interdisciplinary scholarship. The contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume - from many of the world's foremost Levi scholars - show a remarkable breadth across fields as varied as ethics, memory, and media studies.

Back Jacket

This collection contains new and innovative research into the work of the Italian antifascist partisan, concentration camp survivor, author and thinker Primo Levi (1919-1987). It features original essays by many of the world's foremost Levi scholars and by specialists in fields as varied as education, theology, and fine art. Levi's legacy continues to drive a vibrant, continually evolving body of interdisciplinary scholarship, as the contributions to this intellectually rich, tightly organized volume confirm. The essays gathered here demonstrate a remarkable breadth across five distinct yet interrelated areas: ethics, communication, and education; humanity, animality, and science; the camps: memory and space; literature and intertext; and media, publishing, and illustration.

Author Biography

Minna Vuohelainen is Senior Lecturer in English Literature and MA Program Leader at Edge Hill University, England. She holds a BSc in International History from the London School of Economics, an MA in English from King's College London, and a PhD in English from Birkbeck, University of London. She is the author of Richard Marsh (2015) and of many articles in English Studies, the Journal of Literature and Science, and Victorian Periodicals Review, and has also produced scholarly editions of novels and short fiction. Her current research focuses on print culture, spatiality, the gothic, and the literature of conflict.

Arthur Chapman is Senior Lecturer in History Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, England.