On revival : Hebrew literature between life and death / Roni Henig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henig, Roni, author.

Series:

Jewish culture and contexts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew literature--History and criticism.

Hebrew literature, Modern--History and criticism.

Hebrew language--History.

Physical Description:

233 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2025]

Summary:

"In On Revival, Roni Henig explores the loaded, figurative discourse of revival in the work of Hebrew authors and thinkers working roughly between 1890 and 1920. For these authors, the language once known as 'the holy tongue' became a vernacular in the making. Rather than embracing 'revival' as a neutral, descriptive term, Henig takes a critical approach, employing close readings of canonical texts to analyze the primary tropes used to articulate this aesthetic and political project of 'reviving' Hebrew. She shows that for many writers, the national mission of language revival was entwined with a sense of mourning and loss. These writers perceived--and simultaneously produced--the language as neither dead nor fully alive. Henig argues that it is this figure of the living-dead that lies at the heart of the revival discourse and which is constitutive of Jewish nationalism."-- Back cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-221) and index.

ISBN:

9781512826609

151282660X

OCLC:

1425242852