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Before Auschwitz

Irène Némirovsky and the Cultural Landscape of Inter-war France

Angela Kershaw author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:11th Aug '09

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This book analyses Irene Némirovsky’s literary production in its relationship to the literary and cultural context of the inter-war period in France. It examines topics of central importance to our understanding of the literary field in France in the period, such as: the close relationship between politics and literature; the historical, political, cultural and personal legacies of the First World War; the so-called ‘crisis of the novel’ and the attempt to create and develop new narrative forms; the phenomenon of Russian emigration to Paris in the wake of the Russian Revolution and Civil War; the possibilities for the creation of a French-Jewish identity and mode of writing; and the threat of fascism and the approach of the Second World War.

"Essential" -- C. B. Kerr, Vassar College, Choice

"In this revealing, well researched study, Kershaw does much to correct the vision of Nemirovsky as a one-work literary phenomenon. Kershaw's in-depth study allows one to appreciate Nemirovsky's exception life and work, before Auschwitz" - Choice


"Kershaw's in-depth study allows one to appreciate Némirovsky's exceptional life and work, before Auschwitz. Essential."-- C. B. Kerr, Vassar College, Choice

ISBN: 9780415957229

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 610g

234 pages