Agnon's art of indirection : uncovering latent content in the fiction of S.Y. Agnon
This study demonstrates how Agnon combined traditional Hebrew lore, modern literary devices and, especially, highly crafted dream-sequences revealing subconscious motivations behind apparently fortuitous acts and decisions, thus creating a unique narrative form reflecting the "indeterminacy" of human behaviour.
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 167 pages ; 25 cm.
9789004098633, 9004098631
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Ch. 1. Vague Hopes or Cherchez la Femme
Ch. 2. Homeless Dreams
Ch. 3. The Homecoming Dream
Ch. 4. A Cloaked Woman with a Piece of Cake
Ch. 5. Interminable Song
Ch. 6. The Old Woman
Benign Mentor or Evil Genius?
Ch. 7. The Web of Biblical Allusion