02852nam 2200613Ia 450 991082666410332120200520144314.01-4384-0351-8(CKB)111000211284800(OCoLC)42636919(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588709(SSID)ssj0000184302(PQKBManifestationID)11165932(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184302(PQKBWorkID)10201040(PQKB)11065560(MiAaPQ)EBC3408161(EXLCZ)9911100021128480019960501d1997 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrIsrael through the Jewish-American imagination a survey of Jewish-American literature on Israel, 1928-1995 /Andrew Furman1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc19971 online resource (237 p.)SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and cultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-3251-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-218) and index.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.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.American fictionJewish authorsHistory and criticismJudaism and literatureUnited StatesHistory20th centuryJewsUnited StatesIntellectual lifeJewish fictionHistory and criticismJews in literatureIsraelIn literatureAmerican fictionJewish authorsHistory and criticism.Judaism and literatureHistoryJewsIntellectual life.Jewish fictionHistory and criticism.Jews in literature.813/.509325694/089924Furman Andrew1968-1759000MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826664103321Israel through the Jewish-American imagination4197353UNINA