Portrait of the Artist as an Aging Scholar: A. B. Yehoshua's The Liberating Bride

In The Liberated Bride, A. B. Yehoshua thematizes the quest for truth and explores its implications in the life and work of the artist. This aspect of the novel may well be the closest Yehoshua has ever come to articulating his own artistic credo. It is explored through the conflict between the nove...

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Main Author: Morahg, Gilead (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2009
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2009, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 175-183
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