| Description |
1 online resource (309 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Israel, society, culture, and history
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Israel (Boston, Mass.)
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| Note |
Originally published in Hebrew in 2009 by Graf Press and the Heksherim Institute at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev under title: ʻIm shete ha-raglayim ʻamoḳ ba-ʻananim : fantasy in Hebrew literature, a selection of essays. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Introduction""; ""What is Fantasy?""; ""What Is Reality?""; ""What is Unimaginable?""; ""May He Come in Haste: Urban Fantasy in Soothsayer by Asaf Ashery""; ""Etgar Keret�s Fantastic Reality""; ""Postmodern Jewish Superstition in David Grossman�s To the End of the Land""; ""Dybbuk, Husband, Home: Shmuel Hasfari and the Fantastic Tradition in Israeli Theater""; ""Magical Realism in Israeli Cinema""; ""The Grand High Witch of Dreams""; ""The Man from the Yellow Star""; ""Why Doesn�t It Rain Fish Here?"" |
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""Kosher Vampires: Jews, Vampires, and Prejudice""""Travel Literature: The Itinerary of an Armchair Traveler�s Journey to Eretz Israel in a Seventeenth-Century Yiddish Story""; ""Ghost Stories in Medieval Hebrew Folktales: The Case of Sefer Hasidim and Sippurei Ha-Ari1""; ""A Terrible Fable and Enchanting Fiction: The Story of Joseph De-La Reina and Its Reflections in Two Novels of Yehoshua Bar Yosef""; ""The Borders of Messianic Imagination in Jewish Thinking"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hebrew literature -- History and criticism.
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Hebrew literature. |
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Hebrew literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Hebrew literature, Modern. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Fantasy in literature.
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Fantasy in literature. |
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Mysticism in literature.
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Mysticism in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Added Author |
Gurevitch, Danielle.
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Gomel, Elana.
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Graff, Rani.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781936235834 1936235838 |
| ISBN |
1618110683 (electronic book) |
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9781618110688 (electronic book) |
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9781936235834 (cloth) |
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1936235838 |
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