Prosaic Conditions: Heinrich Heine and the Spaces of Zionist Literature

by Na'ama Rokem

In her penetrating new study, Na'ama Rokem observes that prose writing--more than poetry, drama, or other genres--came to signify a historic rift that resulted in loss and disenchantment. In Prosaic Conditions, Rokem treats prose as a signifying practice--that is, a practice that creates meaning. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, prose emerges in competition with other existing practices, specifically, the practice of performance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810128675
• ISBN13: 9780810128675
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"