{"product_id":"literary-hasidism-jonatan-meir-9780815634478","title":"Literary Hasidism: The Life and Works of Michael Levi Rodkinson","description":"\u003cp\u003eMichael Levi Rodkinson (1845-1904) was a journalist, author, and publisher whose literary projects spanned numerous countries and continents. Hero to some and scoundrel to others, Rodkinson was a polemical figure whose beliefs underwent many transformations over the course of his life, most significantly from Hasidism to combative Haskalah to eventually anticipating the neo-Romantic trends of the early twentieth century. Throughout his career, Rodkinson's writing challenged the familiar genres of the literature of Hasidism and the Haskalah, shaping the religious realities of his readers and articulating a spiritual and community life among Jews, who took his ideas to heart in surprising ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Today, Rodkinson is frequently referred to as a minor Hasidic author and publisher, a characterization based on the criticism of his opponents rather than on his writings. In \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hasidism, \u003c\/i\u003eMeir draws upon those writings and their reception to present a completely different picture of this colorful and influential writer. Examining Rodkinson's lifelong role as a catalyzing agent of different cultural phenomena, his diverse publishing activities, and his writings in their respective stages, Meir grants readers a provocative new vantage point from which to consider this divisive, enigmatic figure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonatan Meir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815634471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815634478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.11h x 5.97w x 0.73d","brand":"Jonatan Meir","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059856240895,"sku":"9780815634478","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d98afcac-906a-4fa4-9a18-81d7b3eceb60.jpg?v=1685060718","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/literary-hasidism-jonatan-meir-9780815634478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}