Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers

Know about the book -

Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers is written by Ilana Pardes and published by University of Washington Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0295804777 (ISBN 10) and 9780295804774 (ISBN 13).

Agnon's Moonstruck Lovers explores the response of Israel’s Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon to the privileged position of the Song of Songs in Israeli culture. Standing at a unique crossroads between religion and secularism, Agnon probes the paradoxes and ambiguities of the Zionist hermeneutic project. In adopting the Song, Zionist interpreters sought to return to the erotic, pastoral landscapes of biblical times. Their quest for a new, uplifting, secular literalism, however, could not efface the haunting impact of allegorical configurations of love. With superb irony, Agnon's tales recast Israeli biblicism as a peculiar chapter within the ever-surprising history of biblical exegesis.