Orientalism and the Hebrew imagination
By: Yaron Peleg.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Frischmann, David, 1859-1922.; Smilansky, Moshe, 1874-1953.; Arieli, L. A., 1886-1943.; Hebrew literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Orientalism in literature.; Jewish-Arab relations in literature.; Zionism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Orientalism and the Jews : paradoxes of time, place, and culture; title: Staging a Hebrew renaissance : the Hebrew Bible as an orientalist text; title: Out of the book and into the desert : the invention of a native Hebrew culture in Palestine; title: A Jewish noble savage? : the limits of cultural innovation.