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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966350603321

Autore

Furman Andrew <1968->

Titolo

Israel through the Jewish-American imagination : a survey of Jewish-American literature on Israel, 1928-1995 / / Andrew Furman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1997

ISBN

9781438403519

1438403518

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Disciplina

813/.509325694/089924

Soggetti

American fiction - Jewish authors - History and criticism

Judaism and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Jews - United States - Intellectual life

Jewish fiction - History and criticism

Jews in literature

Israel In literature

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. 203-218) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Content -- INTRODUCTION -- MEYER LEVIN AGAINST THE GRAIN -- EMBATTLED URIS -- SAUL BELLOW'S MIDDLE EAST PROBLEM -- HUGH NISSENSON'S ISRAEL -- ZIONISM IN CHAIM POTOK'S THE CHOSEN, MESSIANIC COMPLICATIONS, AND CURRENT CRISES -- PHILIP ROTH'S NERVE IN THE COUNTERLIFE AND OPERATION SHYLOCK: A CONFESSION -- ANNE ROIPHE'S ANGST -- TOV A REICH'S DARING VISION -- OR, THE FEMINIZATION OF ISRAEL'S PENITENT -- CONCLUSION -- Back Matter -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines eight Jewish-American writers--Meyer Levin, Leon Uris, Saul Bellow, Hugh Nissenson, Chaim Potok, Philip Roth, Anne Roiphe, and Tova Reich--who have "imagined" Israel in their work.