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The Zionist paradox

Shṿarts, Yigʼal.

The Zionist paradox Hebrew literature and Israeli identity / [electronic resource] : Yigal Schwartz ; translated by Michal Sapir. - Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2014] - 1 online resource (pages cm.) - The Schusterman series in Israel studies . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Original work was published in 2007 with English title "Do you know the land where the lemon blooms : human engineering and landscape conceptualization in Hebrew literature"--Publisher's email.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Avraham Mapu, "The love of Zion" (1853): the beautiful daughter of Zion, the (Faux) shepherd boy and the cutting up of the monster -- 2. Theodor Herzl, "Altneuland" (1902): shall these dry bones live -- 3. Yosef Luidor, "Yoash" (1912): the taste of freedom and space -- 4. Moshe Shamir, "He walked in the fields" (1948): it turned out it was all fake -- 5. Amos Oz, "Nomads and viper" (1963): a short, patched European jacket over a white desert robe.

9781611686029 1611686024


National characteristics, Israeli, in literature.
Jews--Identity.--Israel
Israeli fiction--History and criticism.
Hebrew fiction--History and criticism.
Zionism in literature.


Electronic books.

PJ5030.Z55 / S5813 2014