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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827366003321

Autore

Shṿarts Yigʼal

Titolo

The Zionist paradox : Hebrew literature and Israeli identity / / Yigal Schwartz ; translated by Michal Sapir

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waltham, Massachusetts : , : Brandeis University Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-61168-601-6

1-61168-602-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

The Schusterman series in Israel studies

Disciplina

892.4/093585694

Soggetti

Zionism in literature

Hebrew fiction - History and criticism

Israeli fiction - History and criticism

Jews - Israel - Identity

National characteristics, Israeli, in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Original work was published in 2007 with English title "Do you know the land where the lemon blooms : human engineering and landscape conceptualization in Hebrew literature"--Publisher's email.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Avraham Mapu, "The love of Zion" (1853): the beautiful daughter of Zion, the (Faux) shepherd boy and the cutting up of the monster -- 2. Theodor Herzl, "Altneuland" (1902): shall these dry bones live -- 3. Yosef Luidor, "Yoash" (1912): the taste of freedom and space -- 4. Moshe Shamir, "He walked in the fields" (1948): it turned out it was all fake -- 5. Amos Oz, "Nomads and viper" (1963): a short, patched European jacket over a white desert robe.

Sommario/riassunto

A comprehensive reinterpretation of the development of Hebrew and Israeli literature against the backdrop of the Zionist ideal