Intimations of difference : Dvora Baron in the modern Hebrew renaissance / Sheila E. Jelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jelen, Sheila E.

Series:

Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baron, Devorah, 1887-1956--Criticism and interpretation.

Baron, Devorah.

Baron, Devorah, 1887-1956.

Authors, Israeli--Biography.

Authors, Israeli.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xliii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2007.

Contents:

Introduction: Intimations and Imperatives-A Biography Through the Looking Glass xxiii

1 All Writers Are Jews, All Jews Are Men: The Autobiographical Imperative 1

2 Strange Sympathy: The Talush Imperative 25

3 Things as They Are: The Mimetic Imperative 51

4 She Sermonizes in Wool and Flax: The Vernacular Imperative 79

5 Burying the Books: The Intertextual Imperative 99

6 Epilogue: Breaking Down the Door 127

A Two Translations and a Note: "In What World?" and "As a Driven Leaf" 139

B Dvora Baron-A Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Works 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.

ISBN:

9780815631309

0815631308

OCLC:

76416525