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The inception of literature is certainly not merely a matter of ideas and ideology. Not only are the contents connected to the forms and dependent on them, but the development of the forms has its own…
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Gershon Shaked
Places:
Afula, Israel
Date:
1971
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As a subjective experience, the early and easy entry of the [Hebrew] authors of the early twentieth century into the literary arena had deep, formative, and constant influence. This entry marks a…
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Dan Miron
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Tel Aviv, Israel
Date:
1987
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There’s a marvelous story by Eduardo Stilman about a silver samovar. It caressingly describes the prodigious object—its polished ebony handles, finely carved arabesques, mischievously-turned spigot…
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Edna Aizenberg
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New York, United States of America
Date:
1997
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We have come together these days, during the awakening of our Hebrew literary sphere, to establish a special newspaper for Jewish youngsters and children.Do we really need to talk at length about how…
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Unknown
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(Moscow, Russia)
Date:
1917
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To the Poet Yehuda Leib Levin (“Yehalal”)
Warsaw, Wednesday, Heshvan 5655, 1894
Dear Sir and distinguished author,
Recent years have shown us that the national movement is not merely failing to…
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Shmaryahu Levin
Places:
Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1894
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A new letter-writing guide containing many examples of various kinds of important letters written with great diligence, great sensitivity, and in the best style; these letters also include very nice…
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Hirsh Leon D’or
Places:
Vilna, Russian Empire
(Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1893
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[ . . . ] However, the new Ha-Shiloaḥ will also be different from its predecessor in many important respects. Without a doubt, Hebrew literature has evolved and accomplished much over the past fifteen…
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Joseph Klausner
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Warsaw, Russian Empire
(Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
1903
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We are tired of being hungry! There is hardly a Hebrew word [to be found]. There is neither vision nor examination, no memory of the ancients, no expressions for the present generation…
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Naḥum Sokolow
Places:
Cologne, German Empire
(Cologne, Germany)
Date:
1907
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Our periodical [Mir’ât] was established to exist in a space of freedom as far away as possible from the recorded language of formality. Deficiencies in style and form will…
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Avram Naon
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
(Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1909
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Modern Yiddish literature focuses upon the shtetl during its last tremor of self-awareness, the historical moment when it is still coherent and self-contained but already…
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Irving Howe, Eliezer Greenberg
Places:
New York, United States of America
Date:
1953