Literature, history, choice
Subtitle: the principle of alternative history in literature (S.Y. Agnon, The city with all that is therein)
By: by Roman Katsman
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publis
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9781443852517
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation
Description: Starting with a discussion on the elements of the genre of alternative (counterfactual) history and on its place between the poles of historical determinism and relativism, this book develops a literary theory of the historical alternativeness principle and applies it to the reading of 'The City with All That is Therein' - one of the most important and less-studied books of the greatest Israeli writer, Nobel Prize winner S.Y. Agnon (1887-1970).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.