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Author Gurley, David Gantt, author.

Title Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt and the poetics of Jewish fiction / David Gantt Gurley.

Publication Info. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2016.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource.
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Series Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.
Note Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Berkley, 2007.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue : "In the spirit of 'Num" -- 1. "I am of the Tribe of Levi" -- 2. Midrash and metaphor -- 3. The world of allusion -- 4. The figure of the Rabbi -- Epilogue : The wandering Jew as possibility.
Summary Me{uml}ir 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.
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Subject Goldschmidt, Meïr, 1819-1887 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Goldschmidt, Meïr, 1819-1887.
Criticism and interpretation.
Goldschmidt, Meïr, 1819-1887 -- Knowledge and learning -- Judaism.
Judaism.
Judaism in literature.
Judaism in literature.
Jews in literature.
Jews in literature.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Gurley, David Gantt author. Meïr Aaron Goldschmidt and the poetics of Jewish fiction. First edition. Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2016 9780815634867 (DLC) 2016036589
ISBN 9780815653844 (electronic book)
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0815634722
0815634862
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