1st Edition
The Poetry and Essays of Uri Zvi Grinberg Politics and Zionism
Introduction 1. "The time for the East has come" 2. "The proletarians in Israel called me to be their poet" 3. Toward the Mandate Government in Jerusalem 4. "Love for my despicable Jews" 5. "A tractate of dog-barks in punctuated letters" 6. UZG’s process of leaving the Labor Movement 7. Rhetorical figures as a means for framing reality 8. Indictment and faith: UZG and Kibbutz Mishmar ha-Emek Conclusion
Biography
Tamar Wolf-Monzon is an Israeli Full Professor of Hebrew Literature at Bar-Ilan University. She is the editor of the Hebrew periodical Criticism and Interpretation. Her research focuses on Hebrew poetry written in the early 20th century in its historical, social, cultural and linguistic contexts.
"A fascinating study of one of the greatest figures in Modern Hebrew literature, this book has been long waited for. With her remarkable intimate knowledge of Grinberg's work, Wolf-Monzon’s study is an extraordinary contribution to the field of Modern Hebrew literature."
Neta Stahl, Associate Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature, Johns Hopkins University, United States
