A Long Night’s Journey into Day: Matt Cohen’s The Spanish Doctor
Matt Cohen’s The Spanish Doctor has been misconceived as a mere cloak-and-dagger novel. Whereas it certainly is an adventure story designed to entertain, its main interest lies in the exploration of the theme of Jewishness. Set in late medieval Spain, the protagonist’s journey towards his own Jewish...
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| Формат: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Язык: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2024
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| Online-ссылка: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Итог: | Matt Cohen’s The Spanish Doctor has been misconceived as a mere cloak-and-dagger novel. Whereas it certainly is an adventure story designed to entertain, its main interest lies in the exploration of the theme of Jewishness. Set in late medieval Spain, the protagonist’s journey towards his own Jewish identity is largely determined by the specific historical situation chosen. The author thus studies a particular time in Jewish history and, through the obvious and continuous allusions to the Holocaust, exemplifies the sad repetitiveness of Jewish history. |
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