Agnon's moonstruck lovers : the Song of Songs in Israeli culture /
Ilana Pardes.
- First edition.
- 1 online resource (215 pages) : illustrations, facsimiles.
- Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Upon the handles of the lock -- The Song of Songs as cultural text: from the European enlightenment to Israeli biblicism -- Rechnitz's botany of love: the Song of Seaweed -- The biblical ethnographies of Edo and Enam and the quest for the ultimate song -- Epilogue: Forevermore.
9780295804774 (e-book)
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef, 1888-1970 --Criticism, interpretation, etc.