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Toward a Sisterhood of the Pen: Sister Stories by Agnon and Baron.

This article is about the transformation of the term "aḥot" ("sister") from a familial/erotic or national allegorical connotation to one of female intellectual and literary agency and solidarity. Part of a broader comparative exploration of the fiction of Shmuʾel Yosef Agnon (1887–1970) and Devorah...

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Published in:Prooftexts Vol. 41; no. 2/3; pp. 40 - 80
Main Author: Zierler, Wendy
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Indiana University Press 2025
Subjects:
Sisterhoods
Intellectuals
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1888-1970
Zionism
Solidarity
20th century (Literary period)
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