Levinas and Medieval Literature: The "Difficult Reading" of English and Rabbinic Texts

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Levinas and Medieval Literature Levinas Medieval Literature The “Difficult Reading” of English and Rabbinic Texts Edited by Ann W. Astell & J. A. Jackson  and DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA Copyright © 2009 Duquesne University Press All rights reserved Published in the United States of America by DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY PRESS 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282 No part of this book may be used or reproduced, in any manner or form whatsoever, without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of short quotations in critical articles or reviews. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Levinas and medieval literature : the “difficult reading” of English and rabbinic texts / edited by Ann W. Astell and J. A. Jackson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: “Twelve essays take the unique approach of connecting Christian allegory, talmudic hermeneutics, and Levinasian interpretation, as authors put into dialogue the ethical philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas with a variety of English and rabbinic writings from the Middle Ages, thus illuminating what it means to classify medieval texts as profoundly ethical”—Provided by publisher. ISBN 978-0-8207-0420-3 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-8207-0421-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Ethics in literature. 2. English literature—Middle English, 1100–1500— History and criticism. 3. Rabbinical literature—History and criticism. 4. Lévinas, Emmanuel—Ethics. 5. Literature and morals. 6. Religion and literature— History—To 1500. I. Astell, Ann W. II. Jackson, J. A. (Justin A.), 1972– PR275.E77L48 2009 820.9'38—dc22 2009001681 ∞ First e-Book edition, 2011 ISBN 978-0-8207-0545-3 ...