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No Room of Their Own
Yael S. Feldman
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Description for No Room of Their Own
Paperback. Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. This book presents a comparative analysis of Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. Since the 1980s, however, there has been a virtual explosion of commercially successful Hebrew fiction by women that includes many traditionally male genres, such as the historical novel, fictional autobiography, and the mystery novel. No Room of Their Own is a comparative analysis of recent Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models, from Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir to ... Read more
Unlike the literary traditions of the United States, England, and France, the first century of Hebrew literature was lacking in women novelists; women tended to write poetry, while prose fiction was mainly the domain of male writers. Since the 1980s, however, there has been a virtual explosion of commercially successful Hebrew fiction by women that includes many traditionally male genres, such as the historical novel, fictional autobiography, and the mystery novel. No Room of Their Own is a comparative analysis of recent Israeli fiction by women and some of its Western models, from Virginia Woolf and Simone de Beauvoir to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Series
Gender and Culture Series
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231111478
SKU
V9780231111478
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About Yael S. Feldman
Yael S. Feldman is Abraham I. Katsch Professor of Hebrew Culture and Education at New York University.
Reviews for No Room of Their Own
Feldman has produced a provocative look at the tension between Israeli nationalism and an emerging feminist consciousness in Israeli women's fiction. Tikkun Feldman's own style is an achievement in its own right... [her] bifocal outlook on both continents makes the book an exciting experience for two kinds of audiences, Eastern and Western, female and male scholars and writers... will generate ... Read more