A History of Modern Hebrew Literature [Hardcover]

A new history of modern Hebrew literature updated according to contemporary theories of literature, culture, identity, and canon.A new history of modern Hebrew literature updated according to contemporary theories of literature, culture, identity, and canon. Aimed at scholars of Israeli, Jewish, and Middle Eastern literatures and cultures and questions related to these subjects, including minority studies, regionalism, diaspora, multi-linguicism, and colonialism.A new history of modern Hebrew literature updated according to contemporary theories of literature, culture, identity, and canon. Aimed at scholars of Israeli, Jewish, and Middle Eastern literatures and cultures and questions related to these subjects, including minority studies, regionalism, diaspora, multi-linguicism, and colonialism.This book is a new and comprehensive history of modern Hebrew literature that revitalizes older histories while integrating contemporary theories on literature, culture, identity, and canon formation. The collection aims to deterritorialize this history by emphasizing the broad geographic spread of Hebrew literary activity, encompassing developments before and beyond the State of Israel. By expanding the scope of representation, this updated history provides a platform for a more diverse array of contributors and highlights previously understudied communities and works. This approach allows for a richer understanding of modern Hebrew literature, recognizing its global contexts and the varied voices that have shaped its evolution.Introduction Zehavit Zaslansky and Yaron Peleg; 1. The Hebrew canon: twenty first century reflections Eran Kaplan; Part I. Early Hebrew Modernisms: 2. Historiographical montage: Hasidic popular literature and the making of Jewish modernity Chen Mandel-Edrei; 3. Genre and the emergence of Hebrew modernism in the nineteenth century Lilah Netanel; 4. Maskilic Hebrew as a modern literary idiom: colloquial dialogues and lexical innovations Lily Kahn and Sonlƒd