Gershon Shaked. Modern Hebrew Fiction. Translated by Yael Lotan, edited by Emily Miller Budick, Jewish Literature and Culture. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2000. xiii, 286 pp.
We live in the age of the scholarly monograph and the multi-authored history. The shifting and contentious nature of literary studies provides little encouragement to senior scholars to devote decades of their work to taking the long view and accepting responsibility for rendering a comprehensive ac...
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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Review |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2003
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AJS review
Anno: 2003, Volume: 27, Fascicolo: 1, Pagine: 161-165 |
| Altre parole chiave: | B
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| Riepilogo: | We live in the age of the scholarly monograph and the multi-authored history. The shifting and contentious nature of literary studies provides little encouragement to senior scholars to devote decades of their work to taking the long view and accepting responsibility for rendering a comprehensive account of the development of a whole field over a substantial period of time. Our epistemological uncertainty is such that we suspect that fairness and truth can be approximated only if we break up the whole among divers hands and listen to different viewpoints. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Comprende: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009403471006 |