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Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers

Name: Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers
Brand: University of Washington Press
SKU: 04875057
Price: 131.84 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Ilana Pardes
ISBN: 9780295993027

The Song of Songs in Israeli Culture

Ilana Pardes

Language

English

Book Hardback

Libristo code: 04875057

Publishers University of Washington Press, November 2013

Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privil... Full description

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Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel's Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. Standing at a unique crossroads between religion and secularism, Agnon probes the paradoxes and ambiguities of the Zionist hermeneutic project. In adopting the Song, Zionist interpreters sought to return to the erotic, pastoral landscapes of biblical times. Their quest for a new, uplifting, secular literalism, however, could not efface the haunting impact of allegorical configurations of love. With superb irony, Agnon's tales recast Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the ever-surprising history of biblical exegesis. Ilana Pardes is professor of comparative literature at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem.