Title Facing Black and Jew : Literature as Public Space in Twentieth-Century America

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages) Series Cultural margins Cultural margins Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 An antiphonal gameŽ and beyond: facing Ralph Ellison and Henry Roth; 2 "Jew me sue me don't you black or white meŽ: The (ethical) politics of recognition in Chester Himes and Saul Bellow; 3 Words generally spoil thingsŽ and Giving a man final sayŽ: facing history in David Bradley and Philip Roth; 4 Literaturized Blacks and Jews; or, golems and Tar babies: reality and its shadows in John Edgar Wideman and Bernard Malamud Summary Reading the work of African American and Jewish American authors alongside and through one another, Adam Zachary Newton offers an original way of juxtaposing two major traditions in American literature and rethinking their sometimes vexed relationship. A final chapter addresses the Black/Jewish dimension of the O.J. Simpson trial Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-213) and index Notes Print version record Subject American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism African American authors -- Political and social views Jewish authors -- Political and social views Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life African Americans -- Relations with Jews. African Americans in literature. Race relations in literature. Jews in literature. African American authors -- Political and social views. African Americans in literature. African Americans -- Relations with Jews. American fiction -- African American authors. American fiction -- Jewish authors. Jews in literature. Jews -- Intellectual life. Judaism and literature. Literature and society. Race relations. Race relations in literature. SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494 Subject United States. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History. Form Electronic book Author Brennan, Timothy ISBN 9780511052224 0511052227 0511149824 9780511149825 0511117590 9780511117596 1280162007 9781280162008

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