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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454347103321

Titolo

The writer uprooted [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary Jewish exile literature / / edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008

ISBN

9786611810818

1-281-81081-9

0-253-00036-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Jewish literature and culture

Altri autori (Persone)

RosenfeldAlvin H <1938-> (Alvin Hirsch)

Disciplina

810.9/8924

Soggetti

American literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Jewish authors - Europe, Eastern

Exiles' writings - History and criticism

Immigrants - United States

Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature

Jews - United States - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Nomadic language / Norman Manea -- On Norman Manea's The hooligan's return / Matei Calinescu -- Writing about uprootedness / Henryk Grynberg -- Exile as life after death in the writings of Henryk Grynberg and Norman Manea / Katarzyna Jerzak -- The writer as tour guide / Lara Vapnyar -- Questions of identity : the new world of the immigrant writer / Morris Dickstein -- A displaced scholar's tale : the Jewish factor / Geoffrey Hartman -- Exile : inside and out / Bronislava Volková -- From country to country : my search for home / Zsuzsanna Ozsváth -- Finding a virtual home for Yiddish poetry in Southern Indiana / Dov-Ber Kerler.

Sommario/riassunto

Profiles important new Jewish immigrant writers in America