This book explores the life and poetry of Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) in the context of European national literature between the French Revolution and World War I, showing how he helped create a modern Hebrew national culture, spurring the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language.The author begins with Bialik's background in the Tsarist Empire, contextualizing Jewish powerlessness in Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century. As European anti-Semitism grew, Bialik emerged at the vanguard of a modern Hebrew national movement, building on ancient biblical and rabbinic tradition and speaking to Jewish concerns in neo-prophetic poems, love poems, poems for children, and folk poems. This book makes accessible a broad but representative selection of Bialik's poetry in translation. Alongside this, a variety of national poets are considered from across Europe, including Solomos in Greece, Mickiewicz in Poland, Shevchenko in Ukraine, Njegos in Serbia, Petofi in Hungary, and Yeats in Ireland. Aberbach argues that Bialik as Jewish national poet cannot be understood except in the dual context of ancient Jewish nationalism and modern European nationalism, both political and cultural.Written in clear and accessible prose, this book will interest those studying modern European nationalism, Hebrew literature, Jewish history, and anti-Semitism.
| ISBN: | 9781032412504 |
| Publication date: | 8th October 2024 |
| Author: | David Aberbach |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 274 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Jewish Studies Series |
| Genres: |
Regional / International studies Old Testaments Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Social groups: religious groups and communities Nationalism Social and political philosophy Religion: general Christianity Poetry |
This book explores the life and poetry of Chaim Nachman Bialik (1873-1934) in the context of European national literature between the French Revolution and World War I, showing how he helped create a modern Hebrew national culture, spurring the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language.The author begins with Bialik's background in the Tsarist Empire, contextualizing Jewish powerlessness in Eastern Europe in the late nineteenth century. As European anti-Semitism grew, Bialik emerged at the vanguard of a modern Hebrew national movement, building on ancient biblical and rabbinic tradition and speaking to Jewish concerns in neo-prophetic poems, love poems, poems for children, and folk poems. This book makes accessible a broad but representative selection of Bialik's poetry in translation. Alongside this, a variety of national poets are considered from across Europe, including Solomos in Greece, Mickiewicz in Poland, Shevchenko in Ukraine, Njegos in Serbia, Petofi in Hungary, and Yeats in Ireland. Aberbach argues that Bialik as Jewish national poet cannot be understood except in the dual context of ancient Jewish nationalism and modern European nationalism, both political and cultural.Written in clear and accessible prose, this book will interest those studying modern European nationalism, Hebrew literature, Jewish history, and anti-Semitism.
Bialik, the Hebrew Bible and the Literature of Nationalism features in the following genres: Regional / International studies, Old Testaments, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Nationalism, Social and political philosophy, Religion: general, Christianity, Poetry
Bialik, the Hebrew Bible and the Literature of Nationalism is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Bialik, the Hebrew Bible and the Literature of Nationalism was written by David Aberbach and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Bialik, the Hebrew Bible and the Literature of Nationalism has 274 pages
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