Prosaic conditions : Heinrich Heine and the spaces of Zionist literature / Na'ama Rokem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rokem, Na'ama, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 1770-1831.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich.

Heine, Heinrich, 1797-1856--Criticism and interpretation.

Heine, Heinrich.

Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904--Criticism and interpretation.

Herzl, Theodor.

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman, 1873-1934--Criticism and interpretation.

Bialik, Hayyim Nahman.

Prose literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Prose literature.

Zionism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 221 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In her penetrating new study, Na'ama Rokem observes that prose writing--more than poetry, drama, or other genres--came to signify a historic rift that resulted in loss and disenchantment.In Prosaic Conditions, Rokem treats prose as a signifying practice--that is, a practice that creates meaning.

Contents:

Prose regnant: world, state, and subject in Hegel's lectures on aesthetics

Heinrich Heine, explorer of the current prosaic condition

Mediated situatedness in the reception of Heinrich Heine

Theodor Herzl's technocratic world-making in prose

Haim Nahman Bialik's icy river of prose

Heine and the Israeli novel

Conclusion.

Notes:

Revised version of the author's thesis (PhD)--Stanford University, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-211) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8101-6639-9

OCLC:

859687095