SHELOM 'OLAMIM--ETERNAL PEACE BY S.Y. AGNON: YISHUV-ERA SOCIETY ON THE BRINK OF STATEHOOD.

The article discusses the irony and humor that is part of author S. Y. Agnon's Hebrew writing in ‘‘Eternal Peace'' or Shelom ‘Olamim. Topics include the relevance of ‘‘Eternal Peace'' to Israeli society and Israel which stood on the verge of statehood in 1942, and an analysis of the literary devices...

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Publicado en:	Modern Judaism: A Journal of Jewish Ideas & Experience Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 163 - 186
Autor principal:	Wiseman, Laura R.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Oxford University Press / USA May2016
Materias:	Israeli literature > History & criticism Israeli history Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1888-1970 Authorship Social history Israel
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Sumario:	The article discusses the irony and humor that is part of author S. Y. Agnon's Hebrew writing in ‘‘Eternal Peace'' or Shelom ‘Olamim. Topics include the relevance of ‘‘Eternal Peace'' to Israeli society and Israel which stood on the verge of statehood in 1942, and an analysis of the literary devices and leitmotif's mentioned in Agnon's work.