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Intimations of Difference: Dvora Baron in the Modern Hebrew Renaissance (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art)
Sheila Jelen
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Hardcover. Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called "the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature." This work reveals how Baron viewed her own singularity and what this teaches us about the contours of the Modern Hebrew Renaissance - its imperatives and assumptions, its successes and failures. It is an English language treatment of Baron's Hebrew corpus. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 11 black-&-white photographs, index, notes. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSJ; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called ""the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature."" Born in a small town on the outskirts of Minsk to the community rabbi, Baron immigrated from the Jewish Pale of Settlement to Palestine in 1910. Although she was not the only woman writing in Hebrew in the first few decades of the twentieth century, Baron was the only woman to achieve recognition in the canon of Modern Hebrew fiction during that period. As such, her work reflects both the revolutionary and conservative qualities of the Modern Hebrew Renaissance. Rooted in the Jewish tradition and using the ... Read more
Dvora Baron (1887-1956) has been called ""the founding mother of Hebrew women's literature."" Born in a small town on the outskirts of Minsk to the community rabbi, Baron immigrated from the Jewish Pale of Settlement to Palestine in 1910. Although she was not the only woman writing in Hebrew in the first few decades of the twentieth century, Baron was the only woman to achieve recognition in the canon of Modern Hebrew fiction during that period. As such, her work reflects both the revolutionary and conservative qualities of the Modern Hebrew Renaissance. Rooted in the Jewish tradition and using the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815631309
SKU
V9780815631309
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About Sheila Jelen
Sheila E. Jelen is assistant professor of English and Jewish studies at the University of Maryland. She has written articles and reviews in numerous publications including Hebrew Studies, AJS Review, Jewish Quarterly Review, Tikkuh, and J Books. She is the associate editor of Prooftexts: A Journal of Jewish Literary History.
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