Agnon''s Moonstruck Lovers - The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture

Informationen zum Autor Ilana Pardes is professor of comparative literature at the Hebrew University! Jerusalem. Klappentext Explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S Y Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. This book recasts Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the history of biblical exegesis. "This new study confirms Ilana Pardes as one of the most deeply interesting scholars in the field of comparative literature." --Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley Zusammenfassung Explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S Y Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. This book recasts Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the history of biblical exegesis.

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• Authors: Ilana Pardes
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2014
• EAN: 9780295993027
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99302-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectu; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectu; Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Stu
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous