Second-Person Address and the Failure of Reading: A Feminist Reading of How Do You Do, Dolores by Yoel Hoffmann

This paper explores the poetics of Israeli author Yoel Hoffmann (b. 1937) and his perception of language by examining his unique use of the second-person address in his book How Do You Do, Dolores (1995). Hoffmann views language as a constant failure, a guaranteed miscommunication, and employs a dou...

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Main Author: Edelsburg, Chen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The National Association of Professors of Hebrew 2019
In: Hebrew studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 60, Pages: 435-454
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hofman, Yoʾel 1937- / Language / Poetics / Salutation / Second person
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBL Near East and North Africa
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