Prisoners Of Hope: The Silver Age Of The Italian Jews 1924–1974
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A richly researched work of modern European history, Prisoners of Hope: The Silver Age of the Italian Jews 1924–1974 chronicles five decades of Jewish intellectual and cultural life in Italy, tracing the arc from the relative prosperity of the Fascist era's early years through the devastation of the Holocaust and into the postwar renaissance. H. Stuart Hughes argues that this half-century, despite its profound tragedies, constituted a kind of silver age for Italian Jewry — a period of remarkable literary, philosophical, and civic achievement against a backdrop of persecution and survival. With the precision of a scholar and the narrative grace of a storyteller, Hughes illuminates the lives and works of figures such as Primo Levi, Carlo Levi, and Natalia Ginzburg, presenting their contributions as inseparable from the broader currents of Italian and European thought. The tone is elegiac yet celebratory, honoring a community that produced extraordinary culture even as it faced existential threat. This authoritative study stands as an essential text for readers interested in Jewish history, Italian culture, and the enduring power of intellectual life under duress.
Author: H. Stuart Hughes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Harvard University Press
Genre: European history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
A richly researched work of modern European history, Prisoners of Hope: The Silver Age of the Italian Jews 1924–1974 chronicles five decades of Jewish intellectual and cultural life in Italy, tracing the arc from the relative prosperity of the Fascist era's early years through the devastation of the Holocaust and into the postwar renaissance. H. Stuart Hughes argues that this half-century, despite its profound tragedies, constituted a kind of silver age for Italian Jewry — a period of remarkable literary, philosophical, and civic achievement against a backdrop of persecution and survival. With the precision of a scholar and the narrative grace of a storyteller, Hughes illuminates the lives and works of figures such as Primo Levi, Carlo Levi, and Natalia Ginzburg, presenting their contributions as inseparable from the broader currents of Italian and European thought. The tone is elegiac yet celebratory, honoring a community that produced extraordinary culture even as it faced existential threat. This authoritative study stands as an essential text for readers interested in Jewish history, Italian culture, and the enduring power of intellectual life under duress.