American Hebraist : : Essays on Agnon and Modern Jewish Literature / / Alan Mintz; ed. by David Stern, Beverly Bailis.
Alan Mintz (1947–2017) was a singular figure in the American Jewish literary landscape. In addition to publishing six authoritative books and numerous journal articles on modern and contemporary Jewish culture, Mintz contributed countless reviews and essays to literary journals, including the New Re...
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- American Hebraist: An Introduction
- 1 Agnon’s Childhood
- 2 Agnon in Jaffa: The Myth of the Artist as a Young Man
- 3 Agnon Without End
- 4 In the Seas of Youth
- 5 On “The Sense of Smell” by S. Y. Agnon
- 6 Reading Hahazanim
- 7 Writing About Ourselves: Jewish Autobiography, Modern and Premodern
- 8 Ahad Ha-Am and the Essay: The Vicissitudes of Reason
- 9 Sefer Ha’aggadah: Triumph or Tragedy?
- 10 Israeli Literature in the Minds of American Readers
- 11 Haim Gouri at 90
- 12 Viva Voce: Vicissitudes of the Spoken Word in Hebrew Literature
- 13 Knocking on Heaven’s Gate: Hebrew Literature and Wisse’s Canon
- 14 Modern Hebrew Literature and Jewish Theology: Repositioning the Question
- 15 Hebrew in America: A Memoir
- Epilogue: Packing Up an Office; The Work of Mourning and the Creation of an Archive