Israeli Salvage Poetics / Sheila E. Jelen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jelen, Sheila E., author.

Series:

Raphael Patai series in Jewish folklore and anthropology.

Raphael Patai Series in Jewish Folklore and Anthropology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Israeli literature--History and criticism.

Israeli literature.

Jewish diaspora in literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (242 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Detroit, Michigan : Wayne State University Press, [2023]

Summary:

A compelling examination of the recuperation of eastern European culture in Israeli Hebrew-language literature.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Israeli Salvage Poetics

I. Recalling Eastern Europe

1. "An Homage to Yiddish": The Struggle for Salvage Poetics

2. "Things as They Were": Ethnopoetics and Salvage Poetics

3. "The Ravages of My Happiness": A Mother of Sons Salvages What Remains

4. "A Third Voice": What Must Not Be Forgotten

II. Reconsidering the Negation of the Diaspora

5. "Houses of Study": Salvaging the Texts of Jewish Tradition

6. "Suddenly There Is Singing": Musical Worlds and Salvage Memory

7. "Stories Full of Blackberries": Literary Genealogies and Acts of Salvage

Postscript: A Yiddish Postvernacular in Israeli Literature

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814348987

081434898X

OCLC:

1389614528