In this Book
- Prosaic Conditions: Heinrich Heine and the Spaces of Zionist Literature
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
summary
In her penetrating new study, Na’ama Rokem observes that prose writing—more than poetry, drama, or other genres—came to signify a historic rift that resulted in loss and disenchantment. In Prosaic Conditions, Rokem treats prose as a signifying practice—that is, a practice that creates meaning. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, prose emerges in competition with other existing practices, specifically, the practice of performance. Using Zionist literature as a test case, Rokem examines the ways in which Zionist authors put prose to use, both as a concept and as a literary mode. Writing prose enables these authors to grapple with historical, political, and spatial transformations and to understand the interrelatedness of all of these changes.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Chapter Six. Heine and the Israeli Novel
- pp. 119-151
- Conclusion
- pp. 153-157
- Bibliography
- pp. 193-211
Additional Information
ISBN
9780810166394
Related ISBN(s)
9780810128675
MARC Record
OCLC
859687095
Pages
243
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2013