The Terrible Power of a Minor Guilt: Literary Essays

by A.B. Yehoshua

What is the relationship between literature and morality? Theater and ethics? Film and moral values? It has become unfashionable for today's critics to make even fleeting references to the moral issues raised by novels, stories, plays, and films. The renowned Israeli novelist and critic Abraham B. Yehoshua considers these crucial questions and illuminates his reading of nine texts--from the story of Cain and Abel to Camus, from Dostoyevsky to Raymond...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815606567
• ISBN13: 9780815606567
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 8.8"