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Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt and the Poetics of Jewish Fiction
Contributor(s): Gurley, David Gantt (Author)
ISBN: 0815634862     ISBN-13: 9780815634867
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
OUR PRICE:   $64.35  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: December 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Jewish
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2016036589
Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6" W x 9" (1.27 lbs) 280 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Jewish
- Ethnic Orientation - Jewish
 
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Me r Aaron Goldschmidt and the Poetics of Jewish Fiction presents a bold new reading of one of Denmark's greatest writers of the nineteenth century, situating him, first and foremost, as a Jewish artist. Offering an alternative to the nationalistic discourse so prevalent in the scholarship, Gurley examines Goldschmidt's relationship to the Hebrew Bible and later rabbinical traditions, such as the Talmud and the Midrash. At the same time, he shows that Goldschmidt's midrashic style in a secular context predates certain narrative movements within Modern-ism that are usually associated with the twentieth century and especially Czech writer Franz Kafka. Goldschmidt was remarkable in his era, both as a writer who explored his peripheral identity in the mainstream of European culture and as a writer of the first truly Jewish bildungsroman. In this groundbreaking study of Goldschmidt's narrative art, Gurley refashions his position in both the Danish and Jewish literary canons and introduces his extraordinary work to a wider, non-Scandinavian audience.