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A Permanent Beginning
- R. Nachman of Braslav and Jewish Literary Modernity
Engelsk Paperback
A Permanent Beginning
- R. Nachman of Braslav and Jewish Literary Modernity
Engelsk Paperback

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Situates a Hasidic master in the context of his time, demonstrating his formative influence on Jewish literary modernity.

The Hasidic leader R. Nachman of Braslav (1772–1810) has held a place in the Jewish popular imagination for more than two centuries. Some see him as the (self-proclaimed) Messiah, others as the forerunner of modern Jewish literature. Existing studies struggle between these dueling readings, largely ignoring questions of aesthetics and politics in his work. A Permanent Beginning lays out a new paradigm for understanding R. Nachman''s thought and writing, and, with them, the beginnings of Jewish literary modernity. Yitzhak Lewis examines the connections between imperial modernization processes in Eastern Europe at the turn of the eighteenth century and the emergence of "modern literature" in the storytelling of R. Nachman. Reading his tales and teachings alongside the social, legal, and intellectual history of the time, the book''s guiding question is literary: How does R. Nachman represent this changing environment in his writing? Lewis paints a nuanced and fascinating portrait of a literary thinker and creative genius at the very moment his world was evolving unrecognizably. He argues compellingly that R. Nachman''s narrative response to his changing world was a major point of departure for Jewish literary modernity.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
242
ISBN-13:
9781438477664
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
143847766X
Udg. Dato:
2 jan 2021
Længde:
0mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
State University of New York Press
Oplagsdato:
2 jan 2021
Forfatter(e):
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