With Both Feet on the Clouds - Fantasy in Israeli Literature (Hardcover, New)

Why do Israelis dislike fantasy? Put so bluntly, the question appears frivolous. But in fact, it goes to the deepest sources of Israeli historical identity and literary tradition. Uniquely among developed nations, Israel's origin is in a utopian novel, Theodor Herzl's 'Altneuland' (1902), which predicted the future Jewish state. Jewish writing in the Diaspora has always tended toward the fantastic, the mystical, and the magical. And yet, from its very inception, Israeli literature has been stubbornly realistic. The present volume challenges this stance. Originally published in Hebrew in 2009, it is the first serious, wide-ranging, and theoretically sophisticated exploration of fantasy in Israeli literature and culture. Its contributors jointly attempt to contest the question posed at the beginning: why do Israelis, living in a country whose very existence is predicated on the fulfillment of a utopian dream, distrust fantasy?

General

Imprint:	Academic Studies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Israel: Society, Culture, and History
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	February 2013
Authors:	Danielle Gurevitch
Contributors:	Elana Gomel • Rani Graff
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	312
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-936235-83-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literary & linguistic reference works > Literary reference works Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Fantasy Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	1-936235-83-8
Barcode:	9781936235834

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