Place and Ideology in Contemporary Hebrew Literature

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Place and Ideology in Contemporary Hebrew Literature Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art Harold Bloom and Ken Frieden, Series Editors Other titles from Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art American Hebrew Literature: Writing Jewish National Identity in the United States Michael Weingrad Classic Yiddish Stories of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz Ken Frieden, ed. Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: The Life and Legacy of Jacob Gordin Beth Kaplan Here and Now: History, Nationalism, and Realism in Modern Hebrew Fiction Todd Hasak-Lowy The Image of the Shtetl and Other Studies of Modern Jewish Literary Imagination Dan Miron Intimations of Difference: Dvora Baron in the Modern Hebrew Renaissance Sheila E. Jelen Missing a Beat: The Rants and Regrets of Seymour Krim Mark Cohen The New Country: Stories from the Yiddish about Life in America Henry Goodman, trans. & ed. The Passing Game: Queering Jewish American Culture Warren Hoffman Translating Israel: Contemporary Hebrew Literature and Its Reception in America Alan L. Mintz Place and Ideology in Contemporary Hebrew Literature Karen Grumberg S Y R A C U S E U N I V E R S I T Y P R E S S Copyright © 2011 by Syracuse University Press Syracuse, New York 13244-5290 All Rights Reserved First Edition 2011 11 12 13 14 15 16 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book was published with the support of a University Cooperative Society Subvention Grant awarded by the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. ∞ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For a listing of books published and distributed by Syracuse University Press, visit our website at SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu. ISBN: 978-0-8156-3259-7 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grumberg, Karen. Place and ideology in contemporary Hebrew literature / Karen Grumberg. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8156-3259-7 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Hebrew literature—History and criticism. 2. Place (Philosophy) in literature. I. Title. PJ5012.P53G78 2011 892.409'006—dc23 2011036267 Manufactured in the United States of America For my parents, Simi and Alex Karen Grumberg is associate professor of Hebrew studies in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies and the Program in Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Austin. ...