Edmond Jabès and the Archaeology of the Book: Text, Pre-Texts, Contexts

Tsivia Wygoda Frank

Published by De Gruyter 2021

Edmond Jabès and the Archaeology of the Book

Text, Pre-Texts, Contexts

Tsivia Wygoda Frank

Volume 11 in the series Perspectives on Jewish Texts and Contexts

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110643022

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About this book

This book offers a fresh reflection on The Book of Questions by the French-Egyptian Jewish writer Edmond Jabès and its readings, and proposes to re-contextualize　Jabès' enigmatic prose through the lens of the author’s manuscripts. Addressed are the main prisms through which Jabès’ oeuvre has been read since its publication in 1963: Jewishness, the Shoah, intertextuality with Midrash and Kabbalah, hermeticism and interpretation. It analyzes their shapes and their becoming in the work-in-progress, reveals the dynamics and the contexts of their evolution from the pre-texts to the text and beyond, and reflects on the relationship between creation, interpretation, and writing as a process. It seeks to rethink our reading of The Book of Questions and the poetics and hermeneutics of enigmatic writing.

Author / Editor information

Tsivia Frank-Wygoda, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Enigmas, Beneath and Beyond Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I: Before the Book
1 Jews in Egypt. First Pre-texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2 The Tale of Jacques. The Hidden Narrative of the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
3 On Being Jewish. Writing and Rewriting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4 Rabbis, Poets, Commentators. The Addition of Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 From Bible to Book. Local and Metatextual Translations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
6 Becoming Book. Archaeology of a Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
Part II: The Paths Toward Metaphor
Chapter 1 Jewishness Deconstructed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 2 Un-Writing the Holocaust Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Part III: The Book and Its Pre-Texts. Theoretical Questions
Chapter 3 Manuscripts, Intertextuality, Hermeneutics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Chapter 4 The Book, the Palimpsest, and the Graffiti. Archaeological Reflections on the Open Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Researchers, Students (Literary Studies, Jewish Studies, French Studies)
Pages
- Front matter: 9
- Main content: 211
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 24
Keywords: Archive; Work-in-progress; Jewish Literature; 20th-century French Literature

eBook

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110643022

Hardcover

Published: November 8, 2021
ISBN: 9783110629552