“And Whatever Corner You Turn It’s Either Garbage and Dirt or a Beard and Sidelocks”: Agnon on Jews, Dirt, and Garbage.

This article examines the aesthetics of dirt in Shmuel Yosef Agnon’s writing, through the perspective of the Anthropocene. I argue that the climate crisis requires a rethinking of many aspects of human life, including the way we think about consumerism, physical objects, bodily fluids, and filth. Ag...

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Published in:	Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 68 - 88
Main Author:	Hacohen-Bick, Tafat
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	Purdue University Press 2024
Subjects:	Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1888-1970 Climate change Hebrew literature Modern literature Organic wastes Hygiene 20th century (Literary period)
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