Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer?: And Other Essays

Adam Kirsch

Published by Yale University Press 2019

Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer?

And Other Essays

Adam Kirsch

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300245134

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About this book

From one of today’s keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two

Author / Editor information

Adam Kirsch is a regular contributor to the Atlantic and the New Yorker, and the author of ten books, including The People and the Books: 18 Classics of Jewish Literature and Why Trilling Matters. He lives in New York City.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
The Book of Psalms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Seamus Heaney and the Question of Goodness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	36
The Faith of Christian Wiman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Kay Ryan: The Less Deceived Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
Extension of the Domain of Struggle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
The Poetry of World and the Poetry of Earth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Poetry and the Problem of Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Night Thoughts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
Stefan Zweig at the End of the World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
Non-Jewish Jews. Rosa Luxemburg and Isaac Deutscher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Angels of Liberalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Literature? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 224

eBook

Published: March 19, 2019
ISBN: 9780300245134