Major trends in modern Hebrew fiction. / Isaiah Rabinovich. Translated from the Hebrew by M. Roston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rabinovich, Isaiah, 1904-1972.

Contributor:

Roston, Murray.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew fiction--History and criticism.

Hebrew fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xii, 288 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, [1968]

Contents:

Hebrew Fiction in Search of a Hero: Hebrew fiction before Mendelé; The fictional writings of Mendelé Mokher Sefarim; Jewish humanism and realism in Shalom Aleikhem; Itzhak Leib Peretz: in search of modernistic expression

The Isolation of the Individual: Mordekhai Ze'ev Feierberg: wrapped in shadows; Uri Nissan Gnessin: the search for a lost reality; Yosef Haiyim Brenner: in the pangs of the Messiah; Hillel Zeitlin: thirsting for God; Gershom Shoffman: man's place in the universe

Two Central Pillars: Mikha Yosef Berdichevsky: in search of the hidden; Itzhak Dov Berkovitz: a vivid realism

The Rise of the Prose Epic: The fiction of Haiyim Hazaz; Shmuel Yosef Agnon's techniques of characterization.

Notes:

"Published 1968."

Includes index.

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (pages 245-257).

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations.

Potok Collection copy front free endpaper has black square in upper right hand corner.

OCLC:

322417