Banished from Their Father's Table

<p>In this work of literary history and criticism Alan Mintz details the development of a new mode in Hebrew prose narrative--the autobiography. Against the historical background of the Haskalah (Enlightenment) Mintz explores the work of three key writers: M. Z. Feierberg M. Y. Berdichevsky and Y. H. Brenner. At the turn of the century these Hebrew writers found in autobiography a way of telling the truth about the realities of the self its inner life and its fate in a world void of God. Through careful examination of the Hebrew autobiographical tradition Mintz provides not only new understanding of a literary genre but also access to a unique perspective on modern Jewish history.</p>