ISBN:
1501360914
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9781501360947
,
9781501360930
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9781501360916
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9781501360923
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (216 pages)
Edition:
Also published in print
Year of publication:
2020
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
810.9/3529924
Keywords:
American literature Jewish authors
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History and criticism
;
Jewish authors Biography
;
Jews Identity
;
Social networks
;
Jewish studies
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
"Examining connections between Jewish American authors and Jewish authors elsewhere in America, Europe, and Israel, this book explores a concept of authorial affiliation that emphasizes how writers intentionally highlight their connections with other writers. Starting with Philip Roth as a catalyst, David Hadar reveals a larger network of authors involved in formations of Jewish American literary identity, including among others Cynthia Ozick, Saul Bellow, Nicole Krauss, and Nathan Englander. Whether it's incorporating other writers into fictional work as characters, interviewing them, publishing critical essays about them, or invoking them in paratext or publicity, writers use a variety of methods to forge public personas, craft their own identities as artists, and infuse their art with meaningful cultural associations. Hadar's analysis deepens our understanding of Jewish American and Israeli literature, positioning them in de-centered relation with one another as well as with European writing. The result is a thought-provoking challenge of the concept of homeland, recasting each of these literatures as diasporic and questioning the assumption that Jewish languages necessarily claim centrality in Jewish literatures"--
Abstract:
Filiation and affiliation -- Locating affiliations -- Jewish American literary networks beyond English -- The Jewish writer as an old man -- New networks with Israeli writers -- Negotiating continuity : writing about Philip Roth in Israel -- Kashua's complaint : a Palestinian writer meets Roth.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.5040/9781501360947
URL:
URL des Erstveröffentlichers
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