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 Agnon, S.Y.
412 words, approx. 1 pages (born July 17, 1888, Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Buchach, Ukraine]—died Feb. 17, 1970, Re&hsubdot;ovot, Israel) Israeli writer who was one of the leading modern Hebrew novelists and short-story writers. In 1966 he was the corecipient,... summary from source:
Agnon, S.Y.
95 words, approx. 1 pages(born July 17, 1888, Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary—died Feb. 17, 1970, Re&hsubdot;ovot, Israel) Israeli writer. Born into a Polish Galician family, Agnon settled in Palestine in 1907 and chose Hebrew as his literary language. The Day Before... summary from source:
 Shmuel Yosef Agnon Information
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון, July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was a Hebrew nobel prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. His works are published in English under the name S. Y....
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Shofar Ghetto, Shtetl, or Polis? The Jewish Community in the Writings of Karl Emil Franzos, Sholom Aleichem, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon. (Book Reviews). (book review)
01/01/2002: 1,415 words, approx. 5 pages Ghetto, Shtetl, or Polis? The Jewish Community in the Writings of Karl Emil Franzos, Sholom Aleichem, and Shmuel Yosef Agnon, by Miriam Roshwald. I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature Nr. 30. San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1997. 192 pp....
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Gershon Shaked
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In the following excerpt, Shaked identifies five primary types of short stories written by Agnon.
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Critical Essay by Esther Fuchs
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In the following essay, Fuchs deconstructs an Agnon story emphasizing the central irony, which she claims other critics have neglected.
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Critical Essay by Gershon Shaked
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In the following chapter from a collection of essays discussing literary manifestations of Midrash, an ancient biblical form of exegesis, Shaked demonstrates how Agnon's early story “Agunot” uses forms of intertextuality borrowed from old Hebrew traditions.
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