The Hebrew Novel in Czarist Russia - A Portrait of Jewish Life in the Nineteenth Century

Oppression and suffering sharpened Jewish self-consciousness and this was given expression in the first works of fiction in modern Hebrew literature. This volume studies the work of Hebrew novelists following the death of Abraham Mapu in 1867. These twenty years correspond with the last phase of the Hebrew movement of Enlightenment, the Haskalah.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Preface to the New Edition Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 An Exercise in Structure Chapter 5 In Search of People Chapter 6 Expression and Experiment Chapter 7 Social Reform Chapter 8 The Cultural Dilemma Chapter 9 Aspects of Religion Chapter 10 Conclusion Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Select Supplementary Bibliography

About the author

David Patterson (1922-2005) was the emeritus president of the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, and an emeritus fellow of St. Cross College, Oxford.

Summary

Oppression and suffering sharpened Jewish self-consciousness and this was given expression in the first works of fiction in modern Hebrew literature. This volume studies the work of Hebrew novelists following the death of Abraham Mapu in 1867. These twenty years correspond with the last phase of the Hebrew movement of Enlightenment, the Haskalah.

Product details

• Authors: David Patterson
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.12.1998
• EAN: 9780847693382
• ISBN: 978-0-8476-9338-2
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 630 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Russia, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social and cultural history, Hebrew, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, LITERARY CRITICISM / Russian & Soviet, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form