Between Snow and Desert Heat: Russian Influences on Hebrew Literature, 1870-1970

by Rina R. Lapidus

Book Overview

Hebrew literature, from the second half of the nineteenth century to well into the twentieth, was unmistakably influenced in style and substance by Russian prose and poetry. These influences have been readily acknowledged but have been studied only in an episodic and fragmented way. Rina Lapidus systematically identifies those Hebrew authors and poets upon whom Russian influence is most striking and upon whom it seems to have exerted the greatest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822964953
• ISBN13: 9780822964957
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"