Print version: Shvarts, Yigal. Zionist paradox : Hebrew literature and Israeli identity. Waltham, Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2014] xiii, 338 pages ; 25 cm The Schusterman series in Israel studies ISBN 9781584658948
Original work was published in 2007 with English title "Do you know the land where the lemon blooms : human engineering and landscape conceptualization in Hebrew literature"--Publisher’s email
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-328) and index
1. Avraham Mapu, "The love of Zion" (1853): the beautiful daughter of Zion, the (Faux) shepherd boy and the cutting up of the monster -- 2. Theodor Herzl, "Altneuland" (1902): shall these dry bones live -- 3. Yosef Luidor, "Yoash" (1912): the taste of freedom and space -- 4. Moshe Shamir, "He walked in the fields" (1948): it turned out it was all fake -- 5. Amos Oz, "Nomads and viper" (1963): a short, patched European jacket over a white desert robe.