03388nam 2200661Ia 450 991096695530332120200520144314.09780791499399079149939197805850632560585063257(CKB)111004366787090(OCoLC)42855595(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588735(SSID)ssj0000268368(PQKBManifestationID)11219106(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000268368(PQKBWorkID)10232828(PQKB)10512655(MdBmJHUP)muse14107(Au-PeEL)EBL3408186(CaPaEBR)ebr10588735(OCoLC)923413728(MiAaPQ)EBC3408186(Perlego)2673711(EXLCZ)9911100436678709019890621d1990 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierVoices of Israel essays on and interviews with Yehuda Amichai, A.B. Yehoshua, T. Carmi, Aharon Appelfeld, and Amos Oz /Joseph Cohen1st ed.Albany, N.Y. State University of New York Pressc19901 online resource (xvii, 231 pages)SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture9780791402443 0791402444 9780791402436 0791402436 Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-217) and index.Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Content -- Yehuda Amichai -- A. B. Yehoshua -- T. Carmi -- Aharon Appelfeld -- Amos Oz -- Back Matter -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.Cohen takes an in-depth critical look at three novelists and two poets who stand at the forefront of contemporary Israeli literature, and whose works have been widely read, studied, and admired in the Western world. The critiques examine all English translations of these Israeli writers' major works from the beginning of their careers up to the present. Cohen demonstrates the vitality and virtuosity of the so-called New Wave Israeli writers whose sources and influences are as ancient as the stories of the Hebrew Bible and as modern as the interiorization of reality found in Proust, Faulkner, Woolf, and Joyce; and the literary adaptation of relativity found in Borges, Lowry, and Durrell. Complementing the critiques are interviews with the five Israeli writers. The issues discussed-the relation of politics and literature, the influence of literature on life, the role of the writer in society, the moral responsibility of the writer-combine with the essays to provide comprehensive insight into the contemporary Israeli psyche. Authors, IsraeliInterviewsIsraeli literatureHistory and criticismAuthors, IsraeliIsraeli literatureHistory and criticism.892.4/09006Cohen Joseph1926-1807643Amichai Yehuda643797MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966955303321Voices of Israel4357478UNINA