Sentient dogs, liberated rams, and talking asses: Agnon's biblical zoo : or rereading Tmol shilshom
The conclusion of Tmol shilshom is as satisfying as the climax of a Wagnerian opera or a Cecil B. De Mille movie. There is human sacrifice and there are claps of thunder and torrents of rain and cosmic evidence of divine wrath expended and placated. Nor does the novel's melodramatic end fail to...
| Outros títulos: | Research Article |
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| Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
[2004]
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AJS review
Ano: 2004, Volume: 28, Número: 1, Páginas: 105-136 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Written narratives
B Narrative modes B Zionism B Utopian fiction B Novels B Perfection B Narrators B Riddles |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Resumo: | The conclusion of Tmol shilshom is as satisfying as the climax of a Wagnerian opera or a Cecil B. De Mille movie. There is human sacrifice and there are claps of thunder and torrents of rain and cosmic evidence of divine wrath expended and placated. Nor does the novel's melodramatic end fail to satisfy its hyberbolic beginning: Isaac Kumer the naif, whose inflated dream of Zion carried the seeds of its own destruction, is bitten by a mad dog and sacrificed on the altar of the most primitive version of Jewish theodicy. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-4541 |
| Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Association for Jewish Studies, AJS review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0364009404000078 |