Language:
English
Year of publication:
2020
Titel der Quelle:
In Geveb; a Journal of Yiddish Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2020) 12 pp.
Keywords:
Jacobson, Howard Criticism and interpretation
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English fiction Jewish authors
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History and criticism
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Jews in literature
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Language and languages in literature
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Jews Identity
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Jews Languages
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Yiddish language
Abstract:
In this essay, I situate Howard Jacobson within the distinct and oft-conflicting Jewish and English literary traditions. I analyze Jacobson’s unique Jewish voice, his use of Yiddish and ‘cod Yiddish’ — a form of imitation Yiddish — as his expression of Anglo-Jewish identity, integration, social exclusion, generational change, and the globalization of Jewish culture. As he tests the limits and contours of a Jewish way of speaking, Jacobson has established himself as an authoritative figure at the forefront of the Anglo-Jewish dialogue within the post-imperial cultural landscape.
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