The Zionist paradox : Hebrew literature and Israeli identity
- Author/Creator:
- Shṿarts, Yigʼal. editor
- Publication/Creation:
- Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2014]
- Resource Type:
- Book
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The Zionist paradox : Hebrew literature and Israeli identity / Yigal Schwartz ; translated by Michal Sapir
- Uniform Title:
- Ha-yadaʻta et ha-arets sham ha-limon poreaḥ.
- Series Titles:
- The Schusterman series in Israel studies
Schusterman series in Israel studies.
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Sapir, Michal, translator
Subjects/Genre
- Subjects:
- Zionism in literature
Hebrew fiction--History and criticism
Israeli fiction--History and criticism
Jews--Israel--Identity
National characteristics, Israeli, in literature
Description/Summary
- Table of Contents:
- 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.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- xiii, 338 pages ; 25 cm
- General Note:
- 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.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990035047350302486
- ISBN:
- 9781584658948 (cloth : alk. paper)
1584658940 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611686012 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1611686016 (pbk. : alk. paper) - OCLC Number:
- 862349374
- Barcode:
- 010002820426
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