{"product_id":"disenchantment-george-steiner-the-meaning-of-western-culture-after-auschwitz-9780815609605","title":"Disenchantment: George Steiner \u0026 the Meaning of Western Culture After Auschwitz","description":"\u003cp\u003eGeorge Steiner has enjoyed international acclaim as a distinguished cultural critic for many years. The son of central European Jews, he was born in France, fled from the Nazis to New York in 1940, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1944. Through his many books, voluminous literary criticism, and book review articles published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, \u003c\/i\u003e Steiner has played a major role in introducing the works of prominent continental writers and thinkers to readers in North America and Great Britain. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaving escaped the Nazis as a child, Steiner vowed that his work as an intellectual would attempt to understand the tragedy of the Shoah. In \u003ci\u003eDisenchantment, \u003c\/i\u003eChatterley focuses on Steiner's neglected writings on the Holocaust and antisemitism, and places this work at the center of her analysis of his criticism. She clearly demonstrates how Steiner's family history and education, as well as the historical and cultural developments that surrounded him, are central to the evolution of his dominant intellectual concerns. It is during the 1950s and 1960s, in relation to unfolding discoveries about the Nazi murder of European Jewry, that Steiner begins to study the effects of the Holocaust on language and culture, and then questions the very purpose and meaning of the humanities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first intellectual biography of George Steiner, \u003ci\u003eDisenchantment\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable contribution to literary and cultural studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine D. Chatterley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.60h x 6.07w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609605\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine D. Chatterley\u003c\/b\u003e is the founding director of the Canadian Institute for the Study of Antisemitism (CISA) and teaches modern European and Jewish history at the University of Manitoba.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40183721295987,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_edffa49b-d191-437c-96f3-f7f307afb4a9.jpg?v=1655558958","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/disenchantment-george-steiner-the-meaning-of-western-culture-after-auschwitz-9780815609605","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}