Lexington Books
Pages: 168
Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7391-0298-5 • Hardback • December 2001 • $97.00 • (£75.00)
978-0-7391-0474-3 • Paperback • June 2002 • $43.99 • (£34.00)
Sharon M. Green teaches modern Jewish literature at the University of Toronto.
Chapter 1 The Problem of Love in Modern Literature: A Historical Overview
Chapter 2 Agnon the Social Critic: The "Successful" Society and the Stifling of Personal Freedom
Chapter 3 Agnon the Psychologist (Part One): The Prevented Hero and His Inner Obstacles
Chapter 4 Agnon the Psychologist (Part Two): The Sorrows of Young Hirshl—Madness as the Weak Man's Escape from Unhappiness
Chapter 5 Agnon the Theologian: The Crowning Paradox—The Decline of Religion and the Loss of Love
Chapter 6 Conclusion: A Portrait of the Artist as an Ironic Romantic—The "Impossibility" of the Jewish Love Story