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

English · Hardback

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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

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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.

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