| Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers Contributor(s): Glazer, Miriyam (Editor), Glazer, Miriyam (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0791445585 ISBN-13: 9780791445587 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2000 Annotation: This book introduces the powerful and provocative new fiction and poetry of Israel's women writers to an English-speaking audience. Read together, the stories and poems in this book will help to create a more sophisticated understanding of Middle Eastern passions and realities, and will foster a wealth of discussion about the meanings of homeland, exile, and diaspora; women's sexuality and spirituality; gender roles; the legacy of the Holocaust; the tensions and reconciliations of religion and secular life; the effects of war; and the power of memory. In her introduction, Miriyam Glazer vividly reconstructs the diversities, tensions, and complexity of current Israeli literature, and the book reflects the multiculturality of modern-day Israel by including stories and poems originally written in Arabic, Russian, Hebrew, and English. Brief biographical and critical introductions are provided for each writer, and the book features specially commissioned and new translations of twenty stories and seventy-five poems, many available here for the first time in English. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | Women Authors |
| Dewey: 892.408 |
| LCCN: 99041322 |
| Series: Suny Modern Jewish Literature and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.93" H x 5.94" W x 8.98" (1.18 lbs) 414 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces the powerful and provocative new fiction and poetry of Israel's women writers to an English-speaking audience. Read together, the stories and poems in this book will help to create a more sophisticated understanding of Middle Eastern passions and realities, and will foster a wealth of discussion about the meanings of homeland, exile, and diaspora; women's sexuality and spirituality; gender roles; the legacy of the Holocaust; the tensions and reconciliations of religion and secular life; the effects of war; and the power of memory. In her introduction, Miriyam Glazer vividly reconstructs the diversities, tensions, and complexity of current Israeli literature, and the book reflects the multiculturality of modern-day Israel by including stories and poems originally written in Arabic, Russian, Hebrew, and English. Brief biographical and critical introductions are provided for each writer, and the book features specially commissioned and new translations of twenty stories and seventy-five poems, many available here for the first time in English. |