Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon: Nation Building and Minority Discourse

Drawing on recent studies of literary canonization and minority discourse, Hever (poetics and comparative literature, Tel Aviv U.) argues that constructing what is commonly thought of as Hebrew literature entailed a suppression of heterodox discourses that is visible from the earliest expression of a Zionist literary sensibility and continues today. He offers an alternative reading of the historiography of Hebrew literature and of major narratives in it. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)