Modern Hebrew Fiction

Informationen zum Autor * Gershon Shaked studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received a PhD in Hebrew literature. He also studied German! English and French literature in Switzerland. Shaked was Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and also taught at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. In addition to many books in Hebrew! he was the author of more than thirty books of criticism in several languages. Shaked received the Bialik Prize (1986)! the Israel Prize for Literary Scholarship (1992) and the Bahat Award for Non-Fiction (2004). Klappentext This matchless history traces the development of a literature from its European roots into the 1880s! when it had neither a country nor a spoken language! to its flowering on Israeli soil through the 1990s. The product of over 20 years of research! it is unique in its scope! profilingfour generations of writer. Through detailed discussions of themes and styles in specific texts! Shaked conveys the richness of the Hebrew literary tradition. With biographical surveys! historical observations! and sociocultural and political analyses! he highlights the context within which the writings were produced! revealing the complex intertextual play between Hebrew literature and life.

Product details

• Authors: Gershon Shaked, Gershon/ Lotan Shaked
• Assisted by: Emily Miller Budick (Editor), Emily Miller Budick (Editor), Yael Lotan (Translation)
• Publisher: Toby Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2008
• EAN: 9781592642243
• ISBN: 978-1-59264-224-3
• No. of pages: 286
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 216 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures