THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN HEBREW LITERATURE 1850-1912

New York, Columbia University Press, 1916. Hardcover. Original Publisher's Cloth. 8vo. Vii, 127 pages. 25cm. 1ST edition. Series: Columbia University Oriental Studies Vol. IX. CONTENTS: Post-Biblical Hebrew Literature --- The Evolution of Post-Biblical Hebrew --- Romanticism: The Creation of the Hebrew Novel --- The Second Stage of the Haskalah Movement --- Fiction During the Second Stage of the Haskalah Period: Literary Criticism --- Peretz Ben Moshe Smolenskin (1839-1884) --- The Revival Movement --- Shalom Jacob Abramovitz and Shalom Rabinovitz --- The Revival Movement in its National Significance --- Contemporary Hebrew Poetry --- Retrogression and Progress --- The Feuilleton, Literary Criticism, and Allied Branches: Conclusion. SUBJECTS: Hebrew literature, Modern -- History and criticism. No jacket. Nice, clean copy in Very Good Condition. (BIBLIOG-28-9).