| Yehuda Amichai: The Making of Israel's National Poet Contributor(s): Gold, Nili Scharf (Author) |
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ISBN: 1684580005 ISBN-13: 9781684580002 Publisher: Brandeis University Press OUR PRICE: $39.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Social Science | Jewish Studies - Literary Criticism |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 468 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yehuda Amichai is one of the twentieth century's (and Israel's) leading poets. In this remarkable book, Nili Scharf Gold offers a profound reinterpretation of Amichai's early works and reconstructs his poetic biography. Her close reading of his oeuvre, untapped notebooks, and a cache of unpublished letters to a woman identified as Ruth Z. that Gold discovered convincingly demonstrates how the poet's German past infused his work, despite his attempts to conceal it as he adopted an Israeli identity. |