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Primo Levi’s Editions of Se questo è un uomo and the Evolution of Italian Holocaust Memory, 1947–1958

Druker, Jonathan

Annali d'italianistica, 2018-01, Vol.36, p.375-394 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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Primo Levi’s Editions of Se questo è un uomo and the Evolution of Italian Holocaust Memory, 1947–1958
Autor: Druker, Jonathan
Assuntos: Human acts ; Human behavior ; Levi, Primo ; V. ITALIAN MEMORY AND THE JEWS: THE HOLOCAUST AND BEYOND
É parte de: Annali d'italianistica, 2018-01, Vol.36, p.375-394
Descrição: Although brutal, the definitive 1958 edition of Primo Levi’s canonical Holocaust memoir, Se questo è un uomo, is less uniformly bleak than the story told in the first edition, published in 1947. This article argues that the later version’s most significant additions introduce notes of optimism which affect how this essential book has been interpreted. Furthermore, the 1958 edition registers a shift in Levi’s previous focus, from a nearly exclusive interest in documenting Nazi crimes against humanity, to a bifurcated approach that incorporates more autobiographical elements and commemorations of individual victims. The added passages, amounting to thousands of words, include several humane encounters and instances of altruistic friendship that stand in marked contrast to the Darwinian aspects of Auschwitz strongly emphasized in the 1947 edition. These positive elements, each resulting from empathy and successful acts of communication, constitute important exceptions to the rules governing human behavior in the camps, which Levi himself described.
Editor: Arizona Board of Regents for Arizona State University
Idioma: Inglês

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