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Index Aberbach, David, 20In. 17, 202n.22 Abraham, 70 Adam and Eve. See Eden story Adler, Dr. Saul, 204n.13 "Ad 'olam" (Agnon). See "Forevermore" ''Agadat hasofer" (Agnon). See "Tale of the Scribe" 'Aginut theme, 68 Agnon, S. Y. ancestral tales, 71-75 autobiographical details, 60, 61, 63-64, 65, 69-71, 78-79, 92, 94, 99, 116, 118, 151, 165, 192n.16, 193n.18, 194n.11, 196n.20, 198n.11, 206n.22 autobiographical myth, 6, 57-58, 61, 62-71, 165, 192n.12, 196n.18 and book as metaphor, 14, 165-71, 175-76,178,181,206n.25 and classical Jewish texts, 7-8, 60, 6869 , 193n.18, 196n.20 closure in novels, 81 compared with Jabes, 57--61 compared with Joyce, 3, 138-39, 140 compared with Kafka, 6, 23-39, 51-52, 144, 145, 186n.1, 204n.12 compared with Mann, 126--27, 150, 153 critical recognition of, 4 and Hebrew language, 1, 3, 4, 105, 106, 116--21, 129-30, 192n.16 and house imagery, 79, 193nA "hunger" as verb usage by, 51-52, 18990n .11 inclusion and exclusion dramas, 105-22 and Judaism, 1--6, 7-8,38-39,46,47, 52,57--61,71,177,181 language into literature of, 180-83 life of. See subhead autobiographical 225 details loss and return to source theme, 32-33,69-70,92-94,181 motifs and themes, 68, 70, 161, 193n.4 name change, 66--67, 70 Nobel Prize speech, 192n.16 paternal figures in works of, 163 Rosenzweig gift-text, 177-78 significant dates in life of, 63-64 subjectivity and language, 9-11, 12 Temple's centrality in writings of, 58 text~ommunication relationships, 9-11, 12,44-49 textuality's importance in study of, 2, 7-8, 19-20, 180-83 Torah's centrality in writings of, 5, 7 word play by, 68, 108, 198n.8 works "Agunot", 66--69 Book, Writer and Story (Sefer, sofer vesippur), 59-60 "Book of Deeds, The" ("Sefer hama'asim"), 4, 44, 59, 60, 106, 112, 114-15, 163, 189n.7, 198n.7 Bridal Canopy, The (Hakhnasat kalah), 136, 194-95n.13 Collected Stories, The (Kol sipurav ), 71, 189n.7, 197n.2, 199n.3 "Document, The" ("Hate'udah'~, 112-14,121 "Forevermore" (''Ad 'olam'), 161 From Myself to Myself (Me'atsmi le'atsmi), 66, 192n.12 226 Index Guest for the Night, A (Oreal}, natah lalun), 7, 9, 58, 77-103, 136, 149, 150, 163, 182, 190-91n.2, 193n.5, 195n.14, 196nn.18, 19,20,21, 201n.15 "Hill of Sand" ("Giv'at l},ahol'1, 106 "In the Heart of the Seas" ("Belevav hayamim'i,177 "Knots upon Knots" ("Kishre hesharim 'i, 163 "Little Hero, A" ("Gibor qatan'i, 63 Only Yesterday (Tmol shilshom), 8, 9, 77, 123, 125-48, 182, 196-97n.22, 199nn.3, 4, 200nn.13, 14, 201n.15 Pillars of Our House, The (Qorot bateynu ), 71-75, 86, 182 "Renunciation" ("Hefqer'i, 112, 198n.7 "Secret of Writing Stories, The" ("Sad hetivat sippure ma'asiyot'J, 32 "Sense of Smell, The" ("lfush hareal },'1, 5, 32, 59, 106, 114, 115-22 Shira, 8-9, 123, 136, 149-76, 182-83, 196-97n.22, 202-03nn.1, 2,4, 20304nn .5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204n.14, 20405n .16, 206nn.22, 25, 207n.32 "Tale of the Scribe" ("Agadat hasofer 'i, 30-39, 175-76, 181 Twenty-One Stories, 197n.2 "Upon a Stone" ("AI even al},at'J, 10622 , 198n.4 "Whole Loaf, A" ("Pat shlemah'1, 4452 , 98, 112, 189nn.7, 9; and writer 's mission, 66 'Agunah concept, 68, 69, 74 "Agunot" (Agnon), 66-69 Akiva, Rabbi, 192n.14 " 'Ai even al},at" (Agnon). See "Upon a Stone" Aliyah, 63, 70. See also Second Aliyah Aloysius Gonzaga, Saint, 126 Alter, Robert, 81, 206n.26 Altmann, Alexander, 164, 206n.21 Anti-Semitism, 4, 143, 149, 153, 158-59, 169, 204n.15 Aqedah, 135, 200n.11 Aryanism. See Nazi mythology Aschheim, Steven E., 165 Autobiography in Guest for the Night, A, 77, 78, 79-80, 81-82, 83, 92, 93 myth in Agnon's writings, 6, 57-58, 61,62-71, 165, 192n.12, 196n.18 in Pillars ofOur House, The, 71-75 referentialityof, 61-62 and romantic model of artist, 65-66 "Autobiography as De-Facement" (De Man), 63 Avronin, A., 118 Baal Shem, Rabbi Adam, 107-08, 109, 110, 111, 112, 115 Baal Shem Tov (the Besht), 107, 111, 112 Babel, 182 Baeck Institute. See Leo Baeck Institute...

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