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The universal Jew

Dekel, Mikhal, 1965-

The universal Jew masculinity, modernity, and the Zionist moment / [electronic resource] : Mikhal Dekel. - Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (ix, 267 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Man-Jew-woman -- Jewish men, universal women: novel, nation, and creation in Daniel Deronda -- Jews, modernity, and the end of the European bildungsroman -- On woman and nation in the late nineteenth century -- "Who taught this foreign woman about the ways and lives of the Jews?": George Eliot and Hebrew renaissance -- Fin-de-siecle imagi-nation of a liberal public sphere in Palestine -- Herzl's old new land -- The tragedy of Zionism -- Nationhood and the birth of Jewish tragedy at the fin de siecle: a quick overview -- Kishinev and the making of a Jewish tragedy -- "Nietzsche: I want to become one" -- Masculinity, tragedy, and the nation-state -- An autobiographical postlude: woman, tragedy, and the making of the universal Jew.

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Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Altneuland.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Daniel Deronda.


Jews--Identity.
Gender identity in literature.
Masculinity in literature.
Zionism in literature.
Hebrew literature, Modern--History and criticism.
Jewish literature--History and criticism.--20th century
Jewish literature--History and criticism.--19th century


Electronic books.

PN842 / .D45 2010

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