Stanislawski, Michael.

Autobiographical Jews : Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (224 pages) - Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies . - Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Autobiography, the Jews, and Episodic Memory -- 1/ Josephus's Life -- 2/ In the Culture of the Rabbis: Asher of Reichshofen and Glikl of Hameln -- 3/ Two Russian Jews: Moshe Leib Lilienblum and Osip Mandelstam -- 4/ Autobiography as Farewell I: Stefan Zweig -- 5/ Autobiography as Farewell II: Sarah Kofman -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Jewish prose literature -- History and criticism.
Autobiography -- Jewish authors.
Jewish authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
Jews -- Historiography.
Autobiographical memory.
Judaism and literature.
Self-perception.


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