The Fiction of the State: The Partitions of Poland and the Beginning of Modern Jewish Literature - Couverture souple

Dynes, Ofer

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1503647986 ISBN 13 : 9781503647985

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2026

Synopsis

In a groundbreaking new historical account, this book locates the origins of modern Jewish literature within the turbulent events that reshaped Europe during the late eighteenth century: the partitions of Poland, the French Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars. Ofer Dynes argues that Jewish intellectuals turned to fiction to engage in political debates and make sense of new state structures imposed by Austrian, Russian, and Prussian rule. Through literature, Jewish writers positioned themselves as interpreters, mediators, and, at times, collaborators with the new imperial powers.

  Reading modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature as rooted in the awareness of wider political upheaval, Dynes traces how authors navigated multiple local and imperial belongings. Radically expanding the literary canon, he uncovers a diverse and often unexpected array of figures and texts. Connecting Jewish fiction with broader trends in European history, this book presents a previously untold story of how Jewish writers used literature to grapple with a shifting political landscape in the age of Enlightenment and empires.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ofer Dynes is the Leonard Kaye Assistant Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He has co-edited a volume of Prooftexts with Naomi Seidman, The Beginnings of Modern Jewish Literature in Europe (2020).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1503647986
• ISBN 13: 9781503647985
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 228
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