Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers

Miriyam Glazer

SUNY Press, May 4, 2000 - Poetry - 396 pages

This book introduces the powerful and provocative new fiction and poetry of Israel s women writers to an English-speaking audience. Read together, the stories and poems in this book will help to create a more sophisticated understanding of Middle Eastern passions and realities, and will foster a wealth of discussion about the meanings of homeland, exile, and diaspora; women s sexuality and spirituality; gender roles; the legacy of the Holocaust; the tensions and reconciliations of religion and secular life; the effects of war; and the power of memory.

Contents

• IV: 17
• V: 24
• VI: 33
• VII: 50
• VIII: 58
• IX: 68
• X: 76
• XI: 81
• XII: 99
• XIII: 124
• XIV: 148
• XV: 163
• XVI: 182
• XVII: 193
• XVIII: 200
• XIX: 202
• XX: 206
• XXI: 209
• XXII: 212
• XXIII: 217
• XXIV: 226
• XXV: 241
• XXVI: 243
• XXVII: 245
• XXVIII: 248
• XXIX: 249
• XXX: 251
• XXXI: 253
• XXXII: 254
• XXXIII: 256
• XXXIV: 258
• XXXV: 260
• XXXVI: 262
• XXXVII: 265
• XXXVIII: 267
• XXXIX: 268
• XL: 274
• XLI: 276
• XLII: 278
• XLIII: 279
• XLIV: 282
• XLV: 284
• XLVI: 285
• XLVII: 287
• XLVIII: 289
• XLIX: 298
• L: 300
• LI: 302
• LII: 303
• LIII: 304
• LIV: 306
• LV: 308
• LVI: 309
• LVII: 312
• LVIII: 314
• LIX: 315
• LX: 317
• LXI: 319
• LXII: 326
• LXIII: 327
• LXIV: 328
• LXV: 331
• LXVI: 333
• LXVII: 334
• LXVIII: 335
• LXIX: 337
• LXX: 339
• LXXI: 340
• LXXII: 342
• LXXIII: 343
• LXXIV: 344
• LXXV: 345
• LXXVI: 346
• LXXVII: 348
• LXXVIII: 349
• LXXIX: 350
• LXXX: 351
• LXXXI: 352
• LXXXII: 354
• LXXXIII: 355
• LXXXIV: 356
• LXXXV: 358
• LXXXVI: 359
• LXXXVII: 360
• LXXXVIII: 361
• LXXXIX: 362
• XC: 364
• XCI: 365
• XCII: 367
• XCIII: 369
• XCIV: 370
• XCV: 370
• XCVI: 370
• XCVII: 370
• XCVIII: 370
• XCIX: 370
• C: 370
• CI: 370
• CII: 370
• CIII: 372
• CIV: 374
• CV: 375
• CVI: 376
• CVII: 379
• CVIII: 380
• CIX: 382

Popular passages

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About the author

Miriyam Glazer is Professor of Literature and Director of the Dortort Writers Institute at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles. She is the author of Burning Air and a Clear Mind: Contemporary Israeli Women Poets.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Dreaming the Actual: Contemporary Fiction and Poetry by Israeli Women Writers; SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
• Editor: Miriyam Glazer
• Contributor: Miriyam Glazer
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: SUNY Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0791445577, 9780791445570
• Length: 396 pages
• Subjects: Literary Collections / Middle Eastern; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Jewish; Literary Criticism / Women Authors; Poetry / Anthologies (multiple authors); Poetry / Middle Eastern