On the Construction of National Symbol in S. Y. Abramovitsh's Susati.

This paper focuses on the way national symbol is constructed in the Hebrew novel Susati, which was written as a national allegory at around the turn of the twentieth century. The paper sheds new light on the Jewishness of the chosen aesthetic representation. The paper argues that Abramovitsh's symbo...

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Published in:Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 41; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21
Main Author: Burns, Rhona
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Published: Purdue University Press Spring2023
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