Khazan A Double Burden, a Double Cross”

Andrei Sobol as a Russian-Jewish Writer
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-61811-712-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and Their Legacy

A comprehensive and exhaustive account of Andrei Sobol’s public, literary, and artistic activities as a purely Russian-Jewish phenomenon. Khazan analyzes his biographical subject within the framework of cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khazan, Vladimir

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Slawische Literaturen Ostslawische Literatur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations Preface List of Abbreviations Part I. “…And, Apparently, a Very Good Jew”: Sobol as a Russian-Jewish Literary Critic and Journalist I.1 Baal-Machshoves and Andrei Sobol: Two Views on the Purpose and Objectives of Russian-Jewish Literature I.2 The Context and Subtext of Sobol’s Open Letter to D. Merezhkovsky I.3 A Battle that Never Happened (Sobol’s Unpublished Open Letter to Ivan. Bunin) PART II. Andrei Sobol and Evreiskii Mir PART III. Overcoming the Myth: Jewish Themes, Motifs, and Images in Sobol’s Works III.1. Between Literature and Politics: Sobol’s Novel Pyl’ III. 2. Jewish Themes, Motifs, and Images in Sobol’s Short Stories III. 3. The Fate of Sobol’s Book Evrei PART IV. Sobol’s Translation of Wandering Stars PART V. Andrei Sobol and the Jewish Theater Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vladimir Khazan teaches in the Department of Russian, German and Eastern European Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.