Somber lust : the art of Amos Oz /

In Somber Lust, Yair Mazor examines the work of the celebrated Israeli writer Amos Oz. In addition to providing a panoramic, comprehensive study of Oz's work, including his novels, novellas, short stories, and numerous essays on literary, social, and political subjects, Mazor also meticulously...

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Main Author: Mazor, Yair, 1950-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Hebrew
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Series:SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.
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Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Mapping poetics, documenting ideology, and above all, being motivated by love
  • Since the Jackals' lament carries the sound of yearning: intertextuality and deconstruction in "Nomads and Viper"
  • The Father, the Son, and the Blowing of the Ill Wind, or writing Strindberg from Right to Left
  • The spy who may never come in from the cold: a discussion of To Know a Woman
  • At last, the secret double agency takes off his gloves and removes the mask: a discussion of A Panther in the Basement
  • essays are sometimes masked aesthetics: a discussion of Under This Blazing Light
  • Some rest at last. Tracing a literary motif: the motif of the picture in A Perfect Peace and Beyond
  • Amos Oz talks about Amos Oz: "Being I, Plus Being Myself"-an interview with Hillit Yeshourun.