Sharon M. Green

Not a Simple Story

Love and Politics in a Modern Hebrew Novel

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Produktbeschreibung

Not a Simple Story presents the modern Hebrew writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon in a new light-as an artist cum thinker whose novels and short stories manifest a deep understanding of the social and political crisis at the heart of modern Jewish life. Based on a close reading of Agnon's seminal novel A Simple Story, Sharon Green's scholarly critique offers students of Jewish studies a unique opportunity to penetrate the literary enigma Agnon has represented for almost a century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780739104743
• ISBN-10: 0739104748
• Artikelnr.: 30882038

Autorenporträt

Sharon M. Green teaches modern Jewish literature at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Problem of Love in Modern Literature: A Historical Overview
Chapter 2 Agnon the Social Critic: The "Successful" Society and the
Stifling of Personal Freedom Chapter 3 Agnon the Psychologist (Part One):
The Prevented Hero and His Inner Obstacles Chapter 4 Agnon the Psychologist
(Part Two): The Sorrows of Young Hirshl-Madness as the Weak Man's Escape
from Unhappiness Chapter 5 Agnon the Theologian: The Crowning Paradox-The
Decline of Religion and the Loss of Love Chapter 6 Conclusion: A Portrait
of the Artist as an Ironic Romantic-The "Impossibility" of the Jewish Love
Story