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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Yitzhak LewisPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438477671ISBN 10: 1438477678 Pages: 242 Publication Date: 01 March 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Acknowledgments Introduction: What Is Jewish Literary Modernity? Part I: Political-Aesthetic Questions 1. Positioning R. Nachman 2. Representing Difference 3. The Secret of Our Wisdom Part II: Questions of Social and Intellectual History 4. Was R. Nachman an Innovation Such as the World Had Never Seen? 5. Was R. Nachman a ""Jewish Intellectual""? Part III: Literary Questions 6. Was R. Nachman the Messiah? 7. Poetics of Intransitivity Conclusion: Reading outside Modernity Notes Bibliography Index"ReviewsThis is a groundbreaking study. There can be no doubt that it will constitute a basic work for understanding the theology and stories of R. Nachman, modern Judaism, and modern literature in general. - Jonatan Meir, author of Literary Hasidism: The Life and Works of Michael Levi Rodkinson This book is a rare intellectual achievement. Lewis addresses the question of Hasidism's modernity by analyzing key issues in the study of R. Nachman, such as the question of his Messianity. His answers are thought-provoking and convincing, and his exciting book dramatically extends our understanding of the challenges posed by R. Nachman's tales and mystical texts. - Hannan Hever, Yale University Author InformationYitzhak Lewis is Assistant Professor of Humanities at Duke Kunshan University, China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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