| Prisoners of Hope: The Silver Age of the Italian Jews, 1924-1974 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hughes, H. Stuart (Author) |
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ISBN: 0674707281 ISBN-13: 9780674707283 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $40.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1996 Annotation: The eminent cultural historian H. Stuart Hughes examines the works of Italo Svevo, Alberto Moravia, Carlo Levi, Primo Levi, Natalia Ginzburg, and Giorgio Bassani--six Italian prose writers of Jewish or part-Jewish origin--and gracefully shows how these writers combine in various measures their ancestral Jewish heritage with recent experiences of antisemitic persecution. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Italy - History | Jewish - General - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations |
| Dewey: 945.004 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5" W x 8" (0.49 lbs) 202 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, H. Stuart: - H. Stuart Hughes (1916-1999) was Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of California, San Diego. |