Midstream, May 1st, 2003
Hayyim Nahman Bialik and Shmuel Yosef Agnon are the two masters of Modern Hebrew Literature--Bialik in verse and Agnon in prose. The distinctive and unrivaled artistry of each, notwithstanding, an examination of some shared aspects of their literary activity places their accomplishments in sharp focus.
The works of Bialik and Agnon give strong testimony to their remarkable command of the rich Jewish textual tradition. The thematic richness, no less than the linguistic richness, of their oeuvres owes much to their mastery of the literature. Both men were obsessed with the old world of Jewish...
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