Cappell American Talmud

The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-7995-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture

Looks at the role of Jewish American fiction in the larger context of American culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cappell, Ezra

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction 1. Henry Roth’s First Novel: Call It Jewish? 2. Reflecting the World: Bernard Malamud’s Post-Holocaust Judaism 3. Bellow’s Short Fiction: Something Jewish To Remember Him By 4. Rebecca Goldstein: The Ethics of Second-Generation Witnessing 5. Four Questions for Allegra Goodman 6. Henry Roth’s Second Novel: Mercy for a Rude Youth Conclusion: The Future of Jewish Fiction in America Appendix: An Interview with Rebecca Goldstein Notes
Works Cited
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ezra Cappell is Assistant Professor of English and Director of the Inter-American Jewish Studies Program at the University of Texas at El Paso.