{"product_id":"judaism-in-marcel-proust-9781433120343","title":"Judaism in Marcel Proust","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough detailed in-depth exegeses of Proust's literary texts \u003ci\u003e(A la Recherche du temps perdu, Jean Santeuil,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eContre Sainte-Beuve), Judaism in Marcel Proust: Anti-Semitism, Philo-Semitism, and Judaic Perspectives in Art\u003c\/i\u003e explains anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism as present in actual French literary texts. Unlike other studies about Proust and Judaism, the narrative in this book is in English; the focus is on the actual French texts, not on Proust's biography. Primary Judaic sources such as the Hebrew Bible, the Babylonian Talmud, Moses Maimonides' \u003ci\u003eMishneh Torah,\u003c\/i\u003e and Rashi's commentaries illuminate Proust's texts and skillfully demonstrate their anti-Semitic and philo-Semitic subtexts.\u003cbr\u003e The principal Proustian themes that are examined in depth include, first of all, the anti-Semitism and philo-Semitism of the characters as informed by Jean-Paul Sartre's \u003ci\u003eRéflexions sur la queston juive;\u003c\/i\u003e second, Christian interpretations of Judaic biblical references and t","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039551750487,"sku":"9781433120343","price":58.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433120343.jpg?v=1750944060","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/judaism-in-marcel-proust-9781433120343","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}