ISBN:
0511063113
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0511071574
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9780511071577
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0521792932
,
9780521792936
,
0521796997
,
9780521796996
,
0511119135
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9780511119132
,
9780511063114
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0511056788
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9780511056789
Language:
English
Pages:
xvi, 296 p
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24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
Year of publication:
2003
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Parallel Title:
Print version Cambridge companion to Jewish American literature
Keywords:
American literature Jewish authors
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History and criticism.
;
Jews Intellectual life.
;
Judaism and literature
;
Judaism in literature.
;
Jews in literature.
;
American literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
United States
;
Judaism and literature United States
;
Judaism in literature
;
Jews in literature
;
Littérature américaine Auteurs juifs
;
Histoire et critique
;
Juifs Vie intellectuelle
;
États-Unis
;
Judai͏̈sme dans la littérature
;
Juifs dans la littérature USA
;
Juden
;
United States
;
Judaism in literature
;
American literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism
;
Jews in literature
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
Judaism and literature
;
American literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism.
;
Jews Intellectual life.
;
Judaism and literature
;
Judaism in literature.
;
Jews in literature.
;
American literature Jewish authors
;
History and criticism
;
Jews Intellectual life
;
United States
;
Juden
;
Literatur
;
USA
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books.
;
Electronic books Aufsatzsammlung
;
Online-Publikation
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Konferenzschrift
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Juden
;
USA
;
Literatur
;
Juden
Abstract:
This book addresses a wide array of themes and approaches to the distinct yet multifaceted body of Jewish American literature. Essays cover writing from the 1700s to major contemporary writers such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Topics covered include immigration and acculturation, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and the Holocaust
Abstract:
Introduction Jewish American literatures in the making Hana Wirth-Nesher Michael P. Kramer -- Beginnings and ends: the origins of Jewish American literary history Michael P. Kramer -- Imagining Judaism in America Susannah Heschel -- Of crucibles and grandfathers: the East European immigrants Priscilla Wald -- Coney Island, USA: America in the Yiddish literary imagination David G. Roskies -- Hebrew literature in America Alan Mintz -- Traces of the past: multilingual Jewish American writing Hana Wirth-Nesher -- Accents of the future: Jewish American popular culture Donald Weber -- Jewish American poetry Maeera Y. Shreiber -- Jewish American writers on the left Alan Wald -- Jewish American Renaissance Ruth R. Wisse -- Holocaust and the Jewish American imagination Emily Miller Budick -- Jewish American women writers and the race question Susan Gubar -- On contemporary literary theory and Jewish American poetics Shira Wolosky -- Identity matters: contemporary Jewish American writing Tresa Grauer
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction:Jewish American literatures in the making /Hana Wirth-Nesher,Michael P. Kramer --Beginnings and ends: the origins of Jewish American literary history /Michael P. Kramer --Imagining Judaism in America /Susannah Heschel --Of crucibles and grandfathers: the East European immigrants /Priscilla Wald --Coney Island, USA: America in the Yiddish literary imagination /David G. Roskies --Hebrew literature in America /Alan Mintz --Traces of the past: multilingual Jewish American writing /Hana Wirth-Nesher --Accents of the future: Jewish American popular culture /Donald Weber --Jewish American poetry /Maeera Y. Shreiber --Jewish American writers on the left /Alan Wald --Jewish American Renaissance /Ruth R. Wisse --Holocaust and the Jewish American imagination /Emily Miller Budick --Jewish American women writers and the race question /Susan Gubar --On contemporary literary theory and Jewish American poetics /Shira Wolosky --Identity matters: contemporary Jewish American writing /Tresa Grauer.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction, Boulder, Colo : NetLibrary, 2004
,
Introduction:Jewish American literatures in the making
,
Beginnings and ends: the origins of Jewish American literary history
,
Imagining Judaism in America
,
Of crucibles and grandfathers: the East European immigrants
,
Coney Island, USA: America in the Yiddish literary imagination
,
Hebrew literature in America
,
Traces of the past: multilingual Jewish American writing
,
Accents of the future: Jewish American popular culture
,
Jewish American poetry
,
Jewish American writers on the left
,
Jewish American Renaissance
,
Holocaust and the Jewish American imagination
,
Jewish American women writers and the race question
,
On contemporary literary theory and Jewish American poetics
,
Identity matters: contemporary Jewish American writing
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