In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:

Contents Acknowledgments/ix Chapter 1. Introduction: "Like a Man Who Is Exiled From the Palace of His Father"/I Part I: Comparative Agnon Chapter 2. Scribal Fictions: Franz Kafka and S. Y. Agnon/23 Chapter 3. Dramas of Signification: Edmond Jabes, S. Y. Agnon, Franz Kafka/4I Part II: Of Writing and the Writer Chapter 4. Autochthon of the Book/57 Chapter 5. Housing the Past in A Guest for the Night/77 Chapter 6. Inclusion and Exclusion: Three Stories/105 Part III: Anatomies of Culture Chapter 7. Inscription and Madness in Only Yesterday/125 Chapter 8. The Wound and the Book: Gender, Writing and Culture in Shira/149 Chapter 9. "A Sanctioned Babel": Toward a Conclusion/177 Notes/185 References/209 Index/225 ...

Share