Jewish-American Writing Since 1945.
Wade, Stephen.
Jewish-American Writing Since 1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (222 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Persistent Themes and Questions -- 1 The Historicla and Literary Foundations: Pre-1945 -- 2 Seminal Influences: Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yezierka and Henry Roth -- 3 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction I: Bellow, Malamud, Roth and Identity Crisis -- 4 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction II: Erica Jong, Grace Paley and Tillie Olson -- 5 Explorations in Drama: from Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner -- 6 Poetry across the Generations: Duality to Assimilation -- 7 The Mediation of Jewishness in Cultural Texts: Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Paul Auster and Woody Allen -- 8 Relocating Moralism in Jewish America: Past and Present in Chaim Potok and the later Saul Bellow -- 9 New Directions across the Generations: From Philip Roth to Cynthia Ozick -- Conclusion: A Renaissance or Revisionism? -- Glossary of Yiddish Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Jewish-American Writing since 1945".
9781474473385
American literature-Jewish authors-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.J4 / .W334 1999
810.98924
Jewish-American Writing Since 1945. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (222 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Persistent Themes and Questions -- 1 The Historicla and Literary Foundations: Pre-1945 -- 2 Seminal Influences: Abraham Cahan, Anzia Yezierka and Henry Roth -- 3 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction I: Bellow, Malamud, Roth and Identity Crisis -- 4 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction II: Erica Jong, Grace Paley and Tillie Olson -- 5 Explorations in Drama: from Arthur Miller to Tony Kushner -- 6 Poetry across the Generations: Duality to Assimilation -- 7 The Mediation of Jewishness in Cultural Texts: Cynthia Ozick, Leslie Fiedler, Paul Auster and Woody Allen -- 8 Relocating Moralism in Jewish America: Past and Present in Chaim Potok and the later Saul Bellow -- 9 New Directions across the Generations: From Philip Roth to Cynthia Ozick -- Conclusion: A Renaissance or Revisionism? -- Glossary of Yiddish Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
No detailed description available for "Jewish-American Writing since 1945".
9781474473385
American literature-Jewish authors-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PS153.J4 / .W334 1999
810.98924