Description
Book SynopsisNo Place of Rest pursues the literary traces of the traumatic expulsion of Jews from France in 1306. Through careful readings of liturgical, philosophical, memorial, and medical texts, Susan Einbinder reveals how medieval Jews asserted their identity in exile.
Trade Review"A sophisticated and beautifully written book. With it, Einbinder arguably becomes the leading literary scholar of medieval French Jews. What is unique about her contribution is that it easily transcends literary historical study per se. Her work embodies what is critical to the success of the new medievalism: Einbinder negotiates or, more precisely, ignores the conventional boundaries between discourses and the modern disciplines to which they gave rise." * Ross Brann, Cornell University *
"[Einbinder's] book is a pleasure to read, it provides a generous bibliography, introduces hardly known or unfamiliar literary works, and provides intriguing analysis.
No Place to Rest places Einbinder among the leading scholars of medieval French Jewish literature." *
The Medieval Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Chapter 1. Isaac b. Abraham HaGorni: The Myth, the Man, and the Manuscript
Chapter 2. Form and History: Hebrew Pantograms and the Expulsion of 1306
Chapter 3. God's Forgotten Sheep: Liturgical Memory and Expulsion
Chapter 4. A Proper Diet: Medicine and History in Crescas Caslari's Esther
Chapter 5. Physicians and Their Daughters: Memory and Medicine during the Plague Years
Chapter 6. Refrains in Exile: French Jewish Poetry in Northern Italy
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
