Death of a Holy Land - Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction

Death of a Holy Land: Reflections in Contemporary Israeli Fiction, by Rose Levinson,is a close textual reading of eight novels by four contemporary Israeli authors. Analysis of their fiction is the basis for a critique of today's Israel, suggesting that its current malaise is linked to long-standing issues of Jewish identity and insisting on the need for a revised view which recognizes the country as a deeply conflicted modern nation state.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Loosening the Ties that Bind
Chapter 1: In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Yoram Kaniuk
The Mask of Madness (Adam Resurrected)
The Triumph of Death (His Daughter)
Chapter 2: Chaos and Jerusalem's Discontents: Orly Castel-Bloom
Laughter Amidst the Ruins (Dolly City)
No Place to Go (Human Parts)
Chapter 3: God, Text, and the Holy Land: Michal Govrin
And God Destroyed Woman (The Name)
God the Father, Father the God (Snapshots)
Chapter 4: The Demise of the New Jew: Zeruya Shalev
Love in a Time of Woe (Love Life)
Things Fall Apart (Husband and Wife)
Conclusion: Towards New Narratives
Afterword
References
Index
About the Author

About the author

Rose Levinson, Ph.D. teaches courses relevant to Jewish identity at the University of San Francisco where she is Adjunct Professor. Active in contributing to dialogue around cultural shifts, she co-wrote A Place in the Tent: Intermarriage and Conservative Judaism which argues for inclusion of intermarried families in Jewish communal life.

Product details

• Authors: Rose L. Levinson
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2013
• EAN: 9780739177723
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7772-3
• No. of pages: 136
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Israel, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Hebrew, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form, World literature;World studies literature