From Exile to Redemption: The Fiction of Isaac Bashevis Singer - Rilegato

Lee, Grace Farrell

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ISBN 10: 0809313308 ISBN 13: 9780809313303

Casa editrice: Southern Illinois Univ Pr, 1987

Riassunto

According to Farrell Lee, a Singer story often takes the form of a meditation, with the dilemma of life and death the frequent core of that meditation. The protagonist seeks a source of meaning that might give significance to life; the human predicament is to be exiled from that source of meaning.

 

More than other contemporary writers, Singer uses biblical images to confront questions of meaning, with the Kabbalah serving as subtext for much of his work. Singer secularizes religious material, equating the biblical image of a God who hides his face and the modern image of a cosmos empty of transcendent meaning.

 

Singer is distinguished from other contemporary writers because in the midst of his images of secular and biblical despair shines a ray of hope. He sees value in seeking answers, noting that to find answers to the essential questions one must be redeemed from exile.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Grace Farrell Lee is Professor of English at a college in Connecticut.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Southern Illinois Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0809313308
• ISBN 13: 9780809313303
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile