Jesse Toufexis
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 9627478 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Jesse Toufexis |
| NOMBRES | Jesse |
| APELLIDO | Toufexis |
| FIRMA | TOUFEXIS J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 4 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 0 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 4 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 0 |
“Smoke Rising Day and Night”
The central preoccupation of Chava Rosenfarb’s “Edgia’s Revenge” is an escape from a perceived outward Jewishness. That Rosenfarb’s protagonist is never afforded this vital flight is one of the story’s key dramas that plays out in the form of a power dynamic between two Holocaust survivors, Rella and Edgia. On the surface, this failure can be attributed to Rella’s anxiety and guilt about her former role as a kapo in a concentration camp. This art…
“Westmount’s Sinai”
For Canadian Jewish authors, every peak and every valley, every lake and every island, every forest and every plain, is a potential locus for mythic energy. In this brief article, I wish to offer a glimpse into the implicit means by which Jewish authors project a specifically Jewish landscape onto their surroundings. Through a short study of Chava Rosenfarb’s Edgia’s Revenge and Leonard Cohen’s The Favourite Game, I will explore both authors’ use…
Introduction
An Irresistible Temptation
The Mystics of Mile End is a study in patterns. Throughout Montreal author Sigal Samuel’s award-winning 2015 novel, we find characters obsessed with investigating, capturing, and solving the patterns of the universe, whether mathematical, biological, sexual, astronomical, or metaphysical. We find children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged widowers, teachers, and elderly Holocaust survivors, all trying to find patterns of various types. In thi…
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“Smoke Rising Day and Night”
The central preoccupation of Chava Rosenfarb’s “Edgia’s Revenge” is an escape from a perceived outward Jewishness. That Rosenfarb’s protagonist is never afforded this vital flight is one of the story’s key dramas that plays out in the form of a power dynamic between two Holocaust survivors, Rella and Edgia. On the surface, this failure can be attributed to Rella’s anxiety and guilt about her former role as a kapo in a concentration camp. This art…
“Westmount’s Sinai”
For Canadian Jewish authors, every peak and every valley, every lake and every island, every forest and every plain, is a potential locus for mythic energy. In this brief article, I wish to offer a glimpse into the implicit means by which Jewish authors project a specifically Jewish landscape onto their surroundings. Through a short study of Chava Rosenfarb’s Edgia’s Revenge and Leonard Cohen’s The Favourite Game, I will explore both authors’ use…
Introduction
An Irresistible Temptation
The Mystics of Mile End is a study in patterns. Throughout Montreal author Sigal Samuel’s award-winning 2015 novel, we find characters obsessed with investigating, capturing, and solving the patterns of the universe, whether mathematical, biological, sexual, astronomical, or metaphysical. We find children, teenagers, young adults, middle-aged widowers, teachers, and elderly Holocaust survivors, all trying to find patterns of various types. In thi…
Art (4 obras) · History (4 obras) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 obras) · Judaism (3 obras) · Philosophy (3 obras) · Theology (3 obras) · Archaeology (2 obras) · Ethnology (2 obras) · Humanities (2 obras) · Jewish Identity and Society (2 obras)