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Book SynopsisIn Search of Genre is an innovative study of the beginning of modernity in Hebrew and Jewish letters, which reflected the emerging changes in Jewish society toward the end of the 18th century in Germany.
Trade ReviewIn this comprehensive and insightful book under review, Professor Moshe Pelli does the most worthy justice to the nature of the early Haskalah....Professor Pelli exhibits the most impressive mastery of his field while sharing with the reader a laudable, formidable body of literary scholarship. -- Yair Mazor, Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee * Hebrew Studies *
This is a worthy book that introduces the literature of the Haskalah in a most fastidious and brilliant fashion. It casts a new, enriching light on one of the most crucial stages in the evolution of Hebrew literature. Professor Moshe Pelli shows impressive mastery of his field, sharing with the reader a laudable body of scholarship. -- Yair Mazor, Ph.D., Professor, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee * Hebrew Higher Education *
