This book seeks to sketch parts of S.Y. Agnon's 'Writing Subject', each of which was born from the scholastic imagination stored in his large library of consciousness.

This book demonstrates the central role that the Kabbalah plays in Agnon's literary works from a few different aspects.

The book includes studies and research on Agnon's work in Germany between the years 1913 to1924, during which time his art earned its classic status. The studies deal also with the influence of the German world and its culture on his entire body of wor

The possibility of the existence of original theology in modern Hebrew literature has not been systematically researched by contemporary scholars. Hebrew literature was considered to be a product of secular modernity, and consequently devoid of independen

This volume is composed of articles representing the latest research on the works of Agnon by some of the most outstanding scholars in Israel and the world. In these original and fascinating studies we find models for annotated critical editions, studies

A revealing correspondence extending over 30 years (1942 - 1971) between the distinguished literary critic, Baruch Kurzweil, and two of the greatest figures in modern Hebrew literature, S.Y. Agnon and U.Z. Greenberg.

An analysis of Agnon's most meritorious work, a story textured with myths and legends, gleaned by Agnon from numerous sources and transformed into an historiography of the Jewish nation from its very beginnings, entwined with Agnon's autobiography

An examination of the styles of classic writings in modern Hebrew literature, foremost among which are the stories of S.Y. Agnon. These stories are examined from the points of view of the new linguistics, utilizing their methods to describe literary style