The Sin of Writing and the Rise of Modern Hebrew Literature
(Part of the New Directions in Book History Series)
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1. Introduction.- 2. Literacy: Theory, Methodology, Ethnography.- 3. Reading without Writing and the Myth of Universal Literacy in Nineteenth-Century Eastern European Jewish Society.- 4. The Primacy of Speech over Writing in Hasidic Society.- 5. The Primacy of Speech over Writing in Mintagdic Society.- 6. The Written Torah and the Oral Torah: Class, Gender, and the Cultural Images of the Corpora.- 7. Intentional Ignorance of the Hebrew Language.- 8. From Mother Tongue to Father Tongue: The Study of Grammar, Reading, and Writing in Hebrew as a Male Maskilic Rite of Passage.- 9. "I Made Myself a Notebook of Blank Paper" The Sin of Writing and the Constitution of the Subject.- 10. Epilogue: Writing, Tradition, and Modernity in Only for the Lord Alone by S. Y. Agnon.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3030818187
ISBN13:9783030818180
Release Date:March 2022
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:407 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"
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