| Description |
xiii, 341 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life |
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Brandeis series in American Jewish history, culture, and life.
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| Contents |
1. "Thy People Are My People": Emma Lazarus, Zion, and Jewish Modernity in the 1880s -- 2. "It Will Not Be the Saving Remnant": Marie Syrkin and the Post-Holocaust Politics of Jewish American Identity -- 3. Convivencia, Hybridity, and the Jewish Urban Modernist -- 4. "Palestine Was a Halting Place, One of Many": Diasporism in Charles Reznikoff's Nine Plays and Beyond -- 5. "No Coherence": Philip Roth's Lamentations for Diaspora -- 6. "A Stranger in the House": Assimilation, Madness, and Passing in Roth's Figure of the Pariah Jew in Sabbath's Theater (1995), American Pastoral (1997), and The Human Stain (2000) -- Conclusion: Jewish Dreaming, Jewish Geography in a Transitional Age |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index |
| Subject |
Roth, Philip -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lazarus, Emma, 1849-1887 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Syrkin, Marie, 1899-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Reznikoff, Charles, 1894-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Jewish literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
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American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.
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Zionism in literature.
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Jewish diaspora in literature.
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Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Judaism and literature -- United States.
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Jews in literature.
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| LC no. |
2001005972 |
| ISBN |
1584652020 paperback |
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1584652012 cloth |
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