| Being for Myself Alone: Origins of Jewish Autobiography Contributor(s): Moseley, Marcus (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804751579 ISBN-13: 9780804751575 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $85.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2005 Annotation: "This is one of the most ambitious and accomplished first books I have read in some time. Marcus Moseley correctly assesses the importance of the emergence of the autobiography as a prime--though neglected--cultural index of the modernization of the Jews of Eastern Europe, and he conducts a thorough investigation of the presuppositions and implications of this assessment. . . . Throughout, one is aware of the presence of a guiding critical intelligence of a high order. . . . The book is illuminating for the reader interested in either Jewish studies or modern cultural history."-- Arnold Band, University of California, Los Angeles " Marcus Moseley's Being for Myself Alone is truly engrossing. The erudition, the astonishing range of material examined and the unusual intensity of the argument combine to make the reading of this book a rare intellectual pleasure. At one level, it is novelistic, introducing us to a remarkable number of fascinating and often bizarre individuals; while at another, it is an extended and highly sophisticated scholarly essay on the theory of autobiography. What a rewarding work this is for anybody interested in the history and culture of the Jews over the last few centuries, particularly in Eastern Europe." -- Jonathan Frankel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
| Dewey: 809.935 |
| LCCN: 2004018649 |
| Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History & Culture (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.62" H x 6.38" W x 9.33" (2.20 lbs) 672 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a work of unprecedented scope that traces the origins of Jewish autobiographical writing from the early-modern period to the early twentieth century. |