Yehuda Amichai : the Making of Israel's National Poet.

Gold, Nili Scharf.

Yehuda Amichai : the Making of Israel's National Poet. - Hanover : Brandeis University Press, (c)2009. - 1 online resource (464 pages) - The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry & The Schusterman Series in Israel Studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Camouflage as the key to the poetry of Yehuda Amichai -- Childhood in Wuerzburg: a dubious paradise -- The murky mirror of Wuerzburg in Amichai's work -- Hiding between the languages: the German mother tongue in Amichai's universe -- Growing up in Palestine -- "And the migration of my parents has not subsided in me" -- The love story -- The literary legacy of the love story: "Binyamina, 1947" and "We loved here" -- The lovers in the public garden -- The Haifa letters: the making of an Israeli -- The making of a national poet -- Retrieving the abandoned landmarks.

An astonishing revision of the prevailing critical analysis of the poetry of Yehuda Amichai, based on newly discovered materials.



9781584658122


Amichai, Yehuda--Criticism and interpretation.


Poets, Israeli--Biography.


Electronic Books.

PJ5054 / .Y448 2009