American Hebraist - Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature

A collection of fifteen essays by Alan Mintz (1947-2017) on the Nobel Prize winner S. Y. Agnon, modern Jewish and Israeli literature, and the Holocaust. Includes a critical introduction by David Stern and an epilogue by Beverly Bailis.

About the author

Beverly Bailis is Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Literature and Director of Academic Planning and Assessment at the Jewish Theological Seminary.David Stern is Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Jewish and Hebrew Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University.

Summary

A collection of fifteen essays by Alan Mintz (1947–2017) on the Nobel Prize winner S. Y. Agnon, modern Jewish and Israeli literature, and the Holocaust. Includes a critical introduction by David Stern and an epilogue by Beverly Bailis.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Mintz, Mintz Alan
• Assisted by: Beverly Bailis (Editor), David Stern (Editor), David (Starr Professorship in Classical and Modern Hebrew Literature Stern (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.09.2022
• EAN: 9780271092386
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09238-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Dimyonot
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; RELIGION / Judaism / Sacred Writings, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Hebrew, Language teaching and learning, Hebrew, Judaism: Sacred Texts