LEADER 02539oam 22004334a 450 001 9910480565003321 005 20210915044552.0 010 $a0-8143-4503-4 035 $a(CKB)4100000006996625 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5526609 035 $a(OCoLC)1056689244 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse68284 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006996625 100 $a20181005d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLife and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II$e"This Dark and Desperate Age" /$hVolume II /$fRalph Melnick$hVolume II / 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2018 210 3$aBaltimore, Md. :$cProject MUSE, $d2018 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (621 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1998]. 311 $a0-8143-4504-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 330 $aAn imposing literary figure in America and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) struggled with feelings of alienation in Christian America that were gradually resolved by his developing Jewish identity, a process reflected in hundreds of works of fiction, literary analysis, and social criticism. This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his "unacceptable" opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation. 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, American 676 $a813/.52 700 $aMelnick$b Ralph$0971790 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480565003321 996 $aLife and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II$92209487 997 $aUNINA