Hannan Hever is the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon.

• 1. Part I: Hebrew Symbolist Poetry During World War II2. Part II: Historical Analogy and National Allegory During the Holocaust3. Part III: Symbols of Death in the National War for Independence

"An important work by a brilliant scholar, Suddenly, the Sight of War is an important contribution to understanding the poetic responses to World War II in Hebrew poetry."—Vered K. Shemtov, Stanford University "Suddenly, the Sight of War is an erudite research that proposes an original reading of Hebrew poetry at a time of deep cultural and political reshaping....Suddenly, the Sight of War takes the reader on a poetic voyage that deeply helps understanding the impact that the Second World War and 1948 had on the formation of Israeli culture and confirms Hannan Hever as one of the most authoritative and original scholars of modern Hebrew literature."—Dario Miccoli, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History

Hannan Hever is the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon.

• 1. Part I: Hebrew Symbolist Poetry During World War II2. Part II: Historical Analogy and National Allegory During the Holocaust3. Part III: Symbols of Death in the National War for Independence

"An important work by a brilliant scholar, Suddenly, the Sight of War is an important contribution to understanding the poetic responses to World War II in Hebrew poetry."—Vered K. Shemtov, Stanford University "Suddenly, the Sight of War is an erudite research that proposes an original reading of Hebrew poetry at a time of deep cultural and political reshaping....Suddenly, the Sight of War takes the reader on a poetic voyage that deeply helps understanding the impact that the Second World War and 1948 had on the formation of Israeli culture and confirms Hannan Hever as one of the most authoritative and original scholars of modern Hebrew literature."—Dario Miccoli, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History

Hannan Hever is the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature at Yale University. He is the author of several books, including Producing the Modern Hebrew Canon.

• 1. Part I: Hebrew Symbolist Poetry During World War II2. Part II: Historical Analogy and National Allegory During the Holocaust3. Part III: Symbols of Death in the National War for Independence

"An important work by a brilliant scholar, Suddenly, the Sight of War is an important contribution to understanding the poetic responses to World War II in Hebrew poetry."—Vered K. Shemtov, Stanford University "Suddenly, the Sight of War is an erudite research that proposes an original reading of Hebrew poetry at a time of deep cultural and political reshaping....Suddenly, the Sight of War takes the reader on a poetic voyage that deeply helps understanding the impact that the Second World War and 1948 had on the formation of Israeli culture and confirms Hannan Hever as one of the most authoritative and original scholars of modern Hebrew literature."—Dario Miccoli, Quest. Issues in Contemporary Jewish History