Sanctuary in the wilderness : a critical introduction to American Hebrew poetry / Alan Mintz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mintz, Alan L., author.

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew poetry, Modern--United States--History and criticism.

Hebrew poetry, Modern.

Hebrew poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Hebrew language--United States--Revival.

Hebrew language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (758 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The effort to create a serious Hebrew literature in the United States in the years around World War I is one of the best kept secrets of American Jewish history. Hebrew had been revived as a modern literary language in nineteenth-century Russia and then taken to Palestine as part of the Zionist revolution. But the overwhelming majority of Jewish emigrants from Eastern Europe settled in America, and a passionate kernel among them believed that Hebrew provided the vehicle for modernizing the Jewish people while maintaining their connection to Zion. These American Hebraists created schools,

Contents:

Hebrew knights in a new land

The apotheosis of Hebrew

Benjamin Nahum Silkiner

Israel Efros

Ephraim E. Lisitzky

Abraham Samuel Schwartz

Hillel Bavli

Shimon Ginzburg

H.A. Friedland

Moshe Feinstein

Eisig Silberschlag

Simon Halkin

Abraham Regelson

Gabriel Preil

On Native American grounds

New England, the nineteenth century

California gold

In the tents of Cush

Urban enclosures.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-[505]) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804779104

0804779104

OCLC:

779140174