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An Editor in Israel: The Periodicals of Ahad Ha'am in the Development of Modern Hebrew Literature

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العنوان: An Editor in Israel: The Periodicals of Ahad Ha'am in the Development of Modern Hebrew Literature
بيانات النشر: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland 2021
تفاصيل مُضافة: Zakim, Eric
Fabricant, Noah L
نوع الوثيقة: Electronic Resource
مستخلص: This dissertation argues for a reevaluation of the significance of Ahad Ha’am (Asher Ginsberg) in the development of modern Hebrew literature on the basis of his work as an editor of periodicals. Critics commonly portray Ahad Ha’am as rigid and didactic, enforcing his own literary norms while excluding aesthetic and humanistic literature in favor of literature with explicit Jewish themes. Reading the periodicals edited by Ahad Ha’am shows that this reputation is exaggerated; his work is in fact characterized by significant heterogeneity and flexibility.This dissertation introduces the critical perspective and methodology of periodical studies to Hebrew literature. The first chapter shows how Ahad Ha’am as an editor brings diverse ideologies and Hebrew styles together in an organic whole, the “Odessa nusach,” in the literary collection Kaveret (1890). The second chapter argues that Yehoshua Ḥana Ravnitsky, editor of Pardes (1892-1896), lacks the editorial skill and vision of Ahad Ha’am, and as a result Pardes is divisive and lacks the unity of Ahad Ha’am’s periodicals. The final two chapters are devoted to Ha-Shiloah, the most prestigious outlet for Hebrew literature of its era, founded and edited by Ahad Ha’am from 1896 to 1903. Chapter Three traces the history of the critical reception of Ahad Ha’am’s controversy with Micha Yosef Berdichevsky over the boundaries of Hebrew literature, showing the development of a polarized standard account of the dispute that discredits Ahad Ha’am. Reading the original essays of the dispute in context shows that Ahad Ha’am’s resistance to belles lettres and humanistic literature is far from absolute, and in a sense Ahad Ha’am authors the entire controversy by collaborating with and publishing Berdichevsky and his supporters. Finally, the dissertation uses the belletristic literature published by Ahad Ha’am in Ha-Shiloah to show that his selections as an editor were not as narrow as critics claim or even as Ahad Ha’am himself prescri
مصطلحات الفهرس: Judaic studies, Literature, Modern literature, Ahad Ha'am, Ha-Shiloah, Jewish nationalism, Modern Hebrew literature, Periodical studies, Periodicals, Dissertation
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/1903/27253
الإتاحة: Open access content. Open access content
ملاحظة: application/pdf
English
أرقام أخرى: UMC oai:drum.lib.umd.edu:1903/27253
https://doi.org/10.13016/klpe-acs7
1261624699
المصدر المساهم: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COL PARK
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