03449nam 22006734a 450 991095349060332120200520144314.097866104243379781280424335128042433897808032428450803242840(CKB)1000000000004218(OCoLC)49870067(CaPaEBR)ebrary5002722(SSID)ssj0000280964(PQKBManifestationID)11214302(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280964(PQKBWorkID)10300652(PQKB)11107803(MiAaPQ)EBC3039286(Au-PeEL)EBL3039286(CaPaEBR)ebr5002722(Perlego)4519006(EXLCZ)99100000000000421820000606d2001 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe inveterate dreamer essays and conversations on Jewish culture /Ilan Stavans1st ed.Lincoln, NE University of Nebraska Pressc20011 online resource (320 p.) Texts & contextsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780803292789 0803292783 Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-284) and index.Not only do "modern" Jewish languages like Yiddish and Hebrew have their own Jewish writers, but every major Western tongue-from German and Russian to English and Portuguese-does as well. These writers are often at the crossroad between the two traditions: their Jewish one and their own national one. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? Ilan Stavans is uniquely qualified to answer these questions and to comment on the power and challenges of cultural margins and literary crossings. He has been at the forefront of an appreciation of the Jewish literary tradition that is less asphyxiating, more global. His reflections on Jewish Latin America have won him the nickname "pathfinder." This incomparable volume showcases Stavans's most insightful and provocative-and at times controversial-observations on transnational Jewish culture and literature. Stavans explores the problems and prospects of representing Jewish experiences through such media as Holocaust memoirs and Jewish museums; astutely comments on well-known intellectual figures, including Lionel Trilling, Isaac Babel, Primo Levi, Harold Bloom, and Walter Benjamin; engages in memorable conversations with Norman Manea, Joseph Brodsky, and Ariel Dorfman; and offers compelling glimpses of revelatory moments in his own life. Texts and contexts (Unnumbered)JewsIntellectual life20th centurySephardimIntellectual life20th centuryJewish authorsJewish literature20th centuryHistory and criticismJewsIntellectual lifeSephardimIntellectual lifeJewish authors.Jewish literatureHistory and criticism.305.892/4Stavans Ilan553432MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953490603321The inveterate dreamer4353852UNINA