03961nam 22006734a 450 991045457370332120211005004820.01-280-09448-697866135204010-520-92972-11-59734-497-410.1525/9780520929722(CKB)111056485636770(EBL)223880(OCoLC)475929151(SSID)ssj0000111852(PQKBManifestationID)11130998(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000111852(PQKBWorkID)10085919(PQKB)10710514(MiAaPQ)EBC223880(DE-B1597)519568(OCoLC)49569852(DE-B1597)9780520929722(Au-PeEL)EBL223880(CaPaEBR)ebr5003248(CaONFJC)MIL352040(EXLCZ)9911105648563677019990405d2000 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe biography of ancient Israel[electronic resource] national narratives in the Bible /Ilana PardesBerkeley University of California Pressc20001 online resource (225 p.)Contraversions ;14Description based upon print version of record.0-520-23686-6 0-520-21110-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --1. Introduction: Split Conception --2. Imagining the Birth of a Nation --3. Suckling in the Wilderness: The Absent Mother --4. At the Foot of Mount Sinai: National Rites of Initiation --5. The Spies in the Land of the Giants: Restless Youth --6. Crossing the Threshold: In the Plains of Moab --7. Epilogue: Mount Nebo --Notes --Bibliography --IndexThe nation--particularly in Exodus and Numbers--is not an abstract concept but rather a grand character whose history is fleshed out with remarkable literary power. In her innovative exploration of national imagination in the Bible, Pardes highlights the textual manifestations of the metaphor, the many anthropomorphisms by which a collective character named "Israel" springs to life. She explores the representation of communal motives, hidden desires, collective anxieties, the drama and suspense embedded in each phase of the nation's life: from birth in exile, to suckling in the wilderness, to a long process of maturation that has no definite end. In the Bible, Pardes suggests, history and literature go hand in hand more explicitly than in modern historiography, which is why the Bible serves as a paradigmatic case for examining the narrative base of national constructions. Pardes calls for a consideration of the Bible's penetrating renditions of national ambivalence. She reads the rebellious conduct of the nation against the grain, probing the murmurings of the people, foregrounding their critique of the official line. The Bible does not provide a homogeneous account of nation formation, according to Pardes, but rather reveals points of tension between different perceptions of the nation's history and destiny. This fresh and beautifully rendered portrayal of the history of ancient Israel will be of vital interest to anyone interested in the Bible, in the interrelations of literature and history, in nationhood, in feminist thought, and in psychoanalysis.Contraversions ;14.Bible as literatureJewish nationalismElectronic books.Bible as literature.Jewish nationalism.296.3/1172Pardes Ilana1037531MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454573703321The biography of ancient Israel2465953UNINA03297nam 2200661 450 991046328350332120200520144314.00-252-09719-X(CKB)2670000000576763(PromptCat)40020175932(MH)013010377-2(SSID)ssj0001382218(PQKBManifestationID)11908382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001382218(PQKBWorkID)11459454(PQKB)10871849(MiAaPQ)EBC3414460(StDuBDS)EDZ0001651951(OCoLC)897117172(MdBmJHUP)muse42768(Au-PeEL)EBL3414460(CaPaEBR)ebr11051345(CaONFJC)MIL663079(OCoLC)923499947(EXLCZ)99267000000057676320110330h20112011 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrier"The useless mouths", and other literary writings /Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann ; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de BeauvoirUrbana :University of Illinois Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (x, 408 pages)illustrationsThe Beauvoir seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-252-03634-4 1-322-31797-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction / Margaret A. Simons -- The useless mouths (a play) / introduction by Liz Stanley and Catherine Naji -- Short articles on literature / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Existentialist theater / introduction by Dennis A. Gilbert -- A story I used to tell myself / introduction by Ursula Tidd -- Preface to La Bâtarde by Violette Leduc / introduction by Alison S. Fell -- What can literature do? / introduction by Laura Hengehold -- Misunderstanding in Moscow -- introduction by Terry Keefe -- My experience as a writer / introduction by Elizabeth Fallaize -- Short prefaces to literary works / introduction by Eleanore Holveck -- Notes for a novel / introduction by Meryl Altman.This title brings to English-language readers literary writings - several previously unknown - by Simone de Beauvoir. Highlights of the volume include a new translation of the 1945 play 'The Useless Mouths,' the unpublished 1965 short novel 'Misunderstanding in Moscow', and more.French literature20th centuryElectronic books.French literature842/.914Beauvoir Simone de1908-1986.128591Simons Margaret A.Timmermann MarybethLe Bon de Beauvoir SylvieMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463283503321"The useless mouths", and other literary writings1925130UNINAThis Record contains information from the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others the Library of Congress