| A Phoenix in Fetters Contributor(s): Patterson, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847675645 ISBN-13: 9780847675647 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $72.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1990 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
| Dewey: 892.430 |
| LCCN: 86033921 |
| Series: Oxford Centre for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Between the French Revolution and World War I, Hebrew literature experienced a veritable renaissance, first in Central Europe and then in Eastern Europe. Its vigorous search for new modes of expression played a major role in the revival of Hebrew as a living language. In A Phoenix in Fetters, David Patterson describes the extraordinary paradox affecting Hebrew literature in the 19th century. On the one hand it aspired to serve as a conduit for the Jews of eastern Europe from the medieval to the modern world. On the other hand, it embraced a theory of literature that artificially restricted its development. The paradox was resolved only in the first decades of the 20th century. |