Language:
English
Year of publication:
1986
Titel der Quelle:
Polin; Studies in Polish Jewry
Angaben zur Quelle:
1 (1986) 196-211
Keywords:
Polish literature Jewish authors 20th century
;
History and criticism
;
Jews History 20th century
Abstract:
Contends that, from the 1920s, a school of Jewish writers in the Polish language has evolved who have expressed their ambivalence about Polish identity. Up to 1939 they discussed these subjects obliquely, but during and since the Holocaust they have openly described feelings of exclusion from Polish society due to antisemitism, disappointment with the liberal Jewish elite, and alienation from the traditional Jewish community. Many became communists, but disillusionment with communism led them to take refuge in literature, and particularly in the role of witness to the Jewish experience.
Note:
Appeared also in "From 'Shtetl" to Socialism; Studies from 'Polin'" (1993) 471-486.
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