Modern Hebrew Literature Author:Robert Alter A distinguished critic and scholar here presents a panorama of Hebrew fiction and non-fiction prose of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. "It is hard", Professor Alter writes, "to think of another field of modern Jewish cultural activity that provides, as does Hebrew literature, such a luminous mirror of both the creative elan and of the d... more »eep perplexities of Jes trying to define some relationship to an age-old heritage in a radically unfamiliar new world. Emancipation, enlightenment, nationality, asssimilation, the conflicting claims of tradition and modernity, the Zionist struggle to create a democratic society that embodies the millennial values of Judaism while remaining open to Western realities- these are a few of the themes which sound over and over again in this collection of the major voices of modern Hebrew prose.« less