UID:
almafu_9961152457202883
Format:
1 online resource (230 pages)
ISBN:
978-0-300-24513-4
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0-300-24513-0
Content:
From one of today's keenest critics comes a collection of essays on poetry, religion, and the connection between the two Adam Kirsch is one of today's finest literary critics. This collection brings together his essays on poetry, religion, and the intersections between them, with a particular focus on Jewish literature. He explores the definition of Jewish literature, the relationship between poetry and politics, and the future of literary reputation in the age of the internet. Several essays look at the way Jewish writers such as Stefan Zweig and Isaac Deutscher, who coined the phrase "the non†'Jewish Jew," have dealt with politics. Kirsch also examines questions of spirituality and morality in the writings of contemporary poets, including Christian Wiman, Kay Ryan, and Seamus Heaney. He closes by asking why so many American Jewish writers have resisted that category, inviting us to consider "Is there such a thing as Jewish literature?"
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Who Wants to Be a Jewish Writer? --
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The Book of Psalms --
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Seamus Heaney and the Question of Goodness --
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The Faith of Christian Wiman --
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Kay Ryan: The Less Deceived --
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Extension of the Domain of Struggle --
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The Poetry of World and the Poetry of Earth --
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Poetry and the Problem of Politics --
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Night Thoughts --
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Stefan Zweig at the End of the World --
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Non-Jewish Jews. Rosa Luxemburg and Isaac Deutscher --
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Angels of Liberalism --
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Is There Such a Thing as Jewish Literature? --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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In English.
Language:
English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300245134
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5721846
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
