UID:
almahu_9949244398402882
Format:
1 online resource (224 p.)
ISBN:
9783110350722
,
9783110621099
Content:
The poet Abraham Shlonsky (1900-1973) can be regarded as the main architect of Jewish Modernism and Hebrew secular culture. In his crucial contribution, Ari Ofengenden disentangles Shlonsky's work from Zionist readings and shows how his poetics redeem experiences of radical political displacement, exile and alienation through the use of a precise, chiseled yet playfully enigmatic style. Writing on immigrants, refugees and urban outcasts following the traumatic events of the First World War and the Civil War in Russia, his poetry constitutes a fusion of Modernist European poetry with biblical and rabbinic sources with the influences of Georg Trakl and Rimbaud. The book situates Shlonsky's poetry in the context of his "rebellion" against the romantic poetry of C.N. Bialik and as an active participant in the European styles of Symbolism and Expressionism. The book is indispensable for understanding Modern Hebrew and Jewish culture, and more generally as an exemplar of today's more prevalent hybridizations of tradition and modernity.
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
,
In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Classics and Near East Studies 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110621099
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110638165
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110369526
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE History 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110370225
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110373578
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110350616
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110350722
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110350722
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110350722
