Jewish-American Writing since 1945

Stephen Wade

Published by Edinburgh University Press 1999

Jewish-American Writing since 1945

Stephen Wade

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474473385

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About this book

Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. In this book Stephen Wade offers a student guide to major writers, their key works and to influential background factors including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction. The themes, issues and philosophies of writers including Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Isaac Bashevis Singer are inter-related and wider literary and historical topics are alluded to and explained. Covering women's writing, novels, poetry and drama, the author offers a readable guide to the achievements of a key group of writers in twentieth-century American literature.

Key Features

A student guide to major writers in post-war American literature
A chapter on each of the 5 main writers
Covers theoretical aspects -- the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction -- in an easily accessible way
Offers background material to situate the work of the writers

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Introduction: Persisent Themes and Questions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 The Historical and Literary Foundations: Pre-1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 Seminal Influences: Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yezierska and Henry Roth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
3 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction I: Bellow, Malamud, Roth and Identity Crises Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
4 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction II: Erica Jong, Grace Paley and Tillie Olson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
5 Explorations in Drama: from Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
6 Poetry across the Generations: Duality to Assimilation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
7 The Mediation of Jewishness in Cultural Texts: Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Paul Auster and Woody Allen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
8 Relocating Moralism in Jewish America: Past and Present in Chaim Potok and the later Saul Bellow Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
9 New Directions across the Generations: From Philip Roth to Cynthia Ozick Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	167
Conclusion: A Renaissance or Revisionism? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Glossary of Yiddish Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Keywords: Literary Studies

eBook

Published: February 15, 2022
ISBN: 9781474473385