In this Book
- Between Exile and Return: S. Y. Agnon and the Drama of Writing
- Book
- 1991
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
summary
This innovative study of the modern Hebrew writer, S. Y. Agnon, offers new insight into his literary transformations of Jewish themes and sources. With particular attention to Kafka, Hoffman situates Agnon in the context of twentieth-century literature and examines such central issues in Agnon’s art as the relationship of the literary text to traditions of sacred writings, the place of the book in culture, and the relationship of writing to the body.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Part I: Comparative Agnon
- Part II: Of Writing and the Writer
- 4. Autochthon of the Book
- pp. 57-75
- 6. Inclusion and Exclusion: Three Stories
- pp. 105-122
- Part III: Anatomies of Culture
- 7. Inscription and Madness in Only Yesterday
- pp. 125-148
- 9. "A Sanctioned Babel": Toward a Conclusion
- pp. 177-183
- References
- pp. 209-224
- Index [Includes Back Cover]
- pp. 225-236
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438406855
MARC Record
OCLC
794701276
Pages
236
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No