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UNINA9910811360903321 |
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Titolo |
Modern Jewish women writers in America / / edited with an introduction by Evelyn Avery |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-36304-9 |
9786611363048 |
0-230-60484-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AveryEvelyn Gross <1940-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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American literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism |
American literature - Women authors - History and criticism |
American literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Jewish women - United States - Intellectual life |
Jews - United States |
Jewish women in literature |
Jews in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Modern Jewish Women Writers in America: An Introduction; I: The Early Years-In Search of the Promised Land: 1910s-1950s; II: The Roads Diverge-Assimilation and Its Discontents: 1960s-1990s; III: The Covenant Confirmed? 1990s-2000; IV: Into the Twenty-First Century: The Pendulum Swings; Select Annotated Bibliography of Contemporary Jewish American Women Writers; Contributors; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection includes groundbreaking essays, and interviews with scholars and writers which reveal that despite pressures of assimilation, personal goals, and in some cases, anti-Semitism, they have never been able to divorce their lives or literature from their heritage. |
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