Interpreting Primo Levi

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.

1.Introduction;Minna Vuohelainen
PART I: ETHICS, COMMUNICATION AND EDUCATION
2.Hope, Shame And Resentment: Primo Levi And Jean Améry;Norman Geras
3.The Ethics Of The Gray Zone; Catherine Mooney
4. 'Labour Of Civilization And Peace': Primo Levi Looks At Interpreters And Interpreting;Mirna Cicioni
5. Hatred In The Holocaust Classroom: Reading Primo Levi Affectively Toward Forgiveness;Christina Foisy
PART II: HUMANITY, ANIMALITY AND SCIENCE
6.Humanity, Animality And Philosophy In Primo Levi;Christopher Hamilton
7. Witnessing Animal Suffering: Primo Levi On Animal Experimentation;Damiano Benvegnù
8.The Story Of A Carbon Atom: Primo Levi's Material Science;Judith Woolf
PART III: THE CAMPS: MEMORY AND SPACE
9.Une Histoire Des Odeurs: The Olfactory World In Primo Levi's Narratives;Inés Valle Morán
10.The Concentrationary Universe: Primo Levi's Spatial Consciousness;Minna Vuohelainen
11. The Offense Of The Memory: Memory And Metaphor In The Drowned And The Saved;Brian Walter
PART IV: LITERATURE AND INTERTEXT
12. Paper Memories, Inked Genealogies: About Primo Levi's The Search For Roots;Maria Anna Mariani
13. Angelic Butterfly And The Gorgon: On Lightness In Primo Levi's Writing;Franco Baldasso
14. 'Il Resto [Non] È Silenzio': The Friendship Of Texts Between Hamlet And Se Questo;Catherine Charlwood
PART V: MEDIA, PUBLISHING AND ILLUSTRATION
15. On Solid Air: Primo Levi And The Radio RAI;Giuseppe Episcopo
16.'Best Regards From Home To Home': Primo Levi's Letters To A UK Friend And Publisher; Anthony Rudolf
17. Illustrating Primo Levi: Jane Joseph And Anthony Rudolf In Conversation;Jane Joseph And Anthony Rudolf