LEADER 03589nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910968754503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791479957 010 $a0791479951 010 $a9781429471602 010 $a1429471603 035 $a(CKB)1000000000473986 035 $a(OCoLC)140217164 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10575907 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000102462 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11137813 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000102462 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10050169 035 $a(PQKB)10400119 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse13854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407481 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10575907 035 $a(OCoLC)923405700 035 $a(DE-B1597)684241 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791479957 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407481 035 $a(Perlego)2673633 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000473986 100 $a20060720d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican talmud $ethe cultural work of Jewish American fiction /$fEzra Cappell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (245 p.) 225 1 $aSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791471241 311 08$a0791471241 311 08$a9780791471234 311 08$a0791471233 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-221) and index. 327 $aHenry Roth's first novel : call it Jewish? -- Reflecting the world : Bernard Malamud's post-Holocaust Judaism -- Bellow's short fiction : something Jewish to remember him by -- Rebecca Goldstein : the ethics of second generation witnessing -- Four questions for Allegra Goodman -- Henry Roth's second novel : mercy for a rude youth -- The future of Jewish fiction in America. 330 $aIn American Talmud, Ezra Cappell redefines the genre of Jewish American fiction and places it squarely within the larger context of American literature. Cappell departs from the conventional approach of defining Jewish American authors solely in terms of their ethnic origins and sociological constructs, and instead contextualizes their fiction within the theological heritage of Jewish culture. By deliberately emphasizing historical and ethnographic links to religions, religious texts, and traditions, Cappell demonstrates that twentieth-century and contemporary Jewish American fiction writers have been codifying a new Talmud, an American Talmud, and argues that the literary production of Jews in America might be seen as one more stage of rabbinic commentary on the scriptural inheritance of the Jewish people. 410 0$aSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture. 606 $aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJewish fiction$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews$zUnited States$xIntellectual life 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xJewish authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJewish fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews$xIntellectual life. 676 $a813/.5093896 700 $aCappell$b Ezra$f1971-$01809162 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968754503321 996 $aAmerican talmud$94359806 997 $aUNINA