Format:
xvi, 296 p
,
24 cm
Edition:
Boulder, Colo NetLibrary 2004 Online-Ressource E-Books von NetLibrary
ISBN:
0511063113
,
0511071574
,
9780511071577
,
0521792932
,
9780521792936
,
0521796997
,
9780521796996
,
0511119135
,
9780511119132
,
9780511063114
,
0511056788
,
9780511056789
Series Statement:
EBSCOhost eBook Collection
Content:
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
Content:
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
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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.
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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
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0511071574
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521792932
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0521796997
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780511071577
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521792936
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521796996
Additional Edition:
Print version Cambridge companion to Jewish American literature
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
Keywords:
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Literatur
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Juden
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Konferenzschrift
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