Title The universal Jew : masculinity, modernity, and the Zionist moment / Mikhal Dekel

Published Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 267 pages) Series Project Muse philosophy and religion collection Contents Introduction: Man-Jew-woman -- Jewish men, universal women: novel, nation, and creation in Daniel Deronda -- Jews, modernity, and the end of the European bildungsroman -- On woman and nation in the late nineteenth century -- "Who taught this foreign woman about the ways and lives of the Jews?": George Eliot and Hebrew renaissance -- Fin-de-siecle imagi-nation of a liberal public sphere in Palestine -- Herzl's old new land -- The tragedy of Zionism -- Nationhood and the birth of Jewish tragedy at the fin de siecle: a quick overview -- Kishinev and the making of a Jewish tragedy -- "Nietzsche: I want to become one" -- Masculinity, tragedy, and the nation-state -- An autobiographical postlude: woman, tragedy, and the making of the universal Jew Notes OldControl:muse9780810165052 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Herzl, Theodor, 1860-1904. Altneuland Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Daniel Deronda. SUBJECT Altneuland (Herzl, Theodor) fast Daniel Deronda (Eliot, George) fast Subject Jews -- Identity. Gender identity in literature. Masculinity in literature. Zionism in literature. Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism Jewish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Jewish literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM / General Gender identity in literature Hebrew literature, Modern Jewish literature Jews -- Identity Masculinity in literature Zionism in literature Languages & Literatures. Literature - General. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2010028928 ISBN 9780810165052 0810165058

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