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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451690003321

Autore

Cappell Ezra <1971->

Titolo

American talmud [[electronic resource] ] : the cultural work of Jewish American fiction / / Ezra Cappell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2007

ISBN

0-7914-7995-1

1-4294-7160-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Disciplina

813/.5093896

Soggetti

American fiction - Jewish authors - History and criticism

Jewish fiction - United States - History and criticism

American fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Jews - United States - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Henry Roth's first novel : call it Jewish? -- Reflecting the world : Bernard Malamud's post-Holocaust Judaism -- Bellow's short fiction : something Jewish to remember him by -- Rebecca Goldstein : the ethics of second generation witnessing -- Four questions for Allegra Goodman -- Henry Roth's second novel : mercy for a rude youth -- The future of Jewish fiction in America.