Contemporary Jewish writing in Europe : a guide / / edited by Vivian Liska and Thomas Nolden

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910822204703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-06578-5; 9786612065781; 0-253-00007-6
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Collana: Jewish literature and culture
• Altri autori (Persone): LiskaVivian <1956->; NoldenThomas
• Disciplina: 809/.88924
• Soggetti: Jewish literature - Europe - History and criticism; European literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism; Jewish literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Jewish authors - Europe; Jews - Europe - Intellectual life; Judaism and literature - Europe
• 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: Secret affinities: contemporary Jewish writing in Austria / Vivian Liska -- Writing against reconciliation: contemporary Jewish writing in Germany / Stephan Braese -- Remembering or inventing the past: second-generation Jewish writers in the Netherlands / Elrud Ibsch -- Bonds with a vanished past: contemporary Jewish writing in Scandinavia / Eva Ekselius -- Imagined communities: contemporary Jewish writing in Great Britain / Bryan Cheyette -- A la recherche du judaisme perdu: contemporary Jewish writing in France / Thomas Nolden -- Ital'Yah letteraria: contemporary Jewish writing in Italy / Christoph Miething -- Writing along borders: contemporary Jewish writing in Hungary / Peter Varga with Thomas Nolden -- Making up for lost time: contemporary Jewish writing in Poland / Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska -- De-centered writing: aspects of contemporary Jewish writing in Russia / Rainer Grubel & Vladimir Novikov.
• Sommario/riassunto: With contributions from a dozen American and European scholars, this volume presents an overview of Jewish writing in post--World War II Europe. Striking a balance between close readings of individual texts and general surveys of larger movements and underlying themes, the essays portray Jewish authors across Europe as writers and intellectuals of multiple affiliations and hybrid identities. Aimed at a general readership and guided by the idea of constructing bridges across national cultures, this book