LEADER 02852nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910826664103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4384-0351-8 035 $a(CKB)111000211284800 035 $a(OCoLC)42636919 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10588709 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000184302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165932 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201040 035 $a(PQKB)11065560 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408161 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111000211284800 100 $a19960501d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIsrael through the Jewish-American imagination $ea survey of Jewish-American literature on Israel, 1928-1995 /$fAndrew Furman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc1997 215 $a1 online resource (237 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7914-3251-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-218) and index. 327 $aFront 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. 330 $aExamines 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. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJudaism and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 606 $aJewish fiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews in literature 607 $aIsrael$xIn literature 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJudaism and literature$xHistory 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aJewish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews in literature. 676 $a813/.509325694/089924 700 $aFurman$b Andrew$f1968-$01759000 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826664103321 996 $aIsrael through the Jewish-American imagination$94197353 997 $aUNINA