The Resource Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature, Hana Wirth-Nesher
Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature, Hana Wirth-Nesher
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The item Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature, Hana Wirth-Nesher represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Call It English identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. In transnational readings of works from the late-nineteenth century to the present by both immigrant and postimmigrant generations, Hana Wirth-Nesher traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, cross-cultural translations, and bilingual wordplay. Call It English tells a story of preoccupation with pronunciation, diction, trans
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Contents
-
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Accent Marks: Writing and Pronouncing Jewish America; CHAPTER 2: "I like to shpeak plain, shee? Dot'sh a kin' a man I am!"; CHAPTER 3: "I learned at least to think in English without an accent"; CHAPTER 4: "Christ, it's a Kid!"--Chad Godya.; CHAPTER 5: "Here I am!"--Hineni; CHAPTER 6: "Aloud she uttered it"-- (omitted) --Hashem; CHAPTER 7: Sounding Letters; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Isbn
- 9781400829538
- Label
- Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature
- Title
- Call it English
- Title remainder
- the languages of Jewish American literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Hana Wirth-Nesher
- Subject
-
- American literature -- Jewish authors
- American literature -- Jewish authors | History and criticism
- Bilingualism
- Bilingualism -- United States
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
- Jews -- Intellectual life
- Jews -- Languages
- Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life
- Jews -- United States -- Languages
- Jews in literature
- Judaism and literature
- Judaism and literature -- United States
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish
- Language and languages in literature
- Language and languages in literature
- Literature
- Multilingualism
- Multilingualism -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Literatures | History and criticism
- Jews in literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Call It English identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. In transnational readings of works from the late-nineteenth century to the present by both immigrant and postimmigrant generations, Hana Wirth-Nesher traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, cross-cultural translations, and bilingual wordplay. Call It English tells a story of preoccupation with pronunciation, diction, trans
- Cataloging source
- E7B
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wirth-Nesher, Hana
- Dewey number
- 810.98924
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS153.J4
- LC item number
- W57 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
- Jews
- Judaism and literature
- Language and languages in literature
- Jews
- Multilingualism
- Bilingualism
- Jews in literature
- United States
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American literature
- Bilingualism
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
- Jews in literature
- Jews
- Jews
- Judaism and literature
- Language and languages in literature
- Literature
- Multilingualism
- United States
- Label
- Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature, Hana Wirth-Nesher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Accent Marks: Writing and Pronouncing Jewish America; CHAPTER 2: "I like to shpeak plain, shee? Dot'sh a kin' a man I am!"; CHAPTER 3: "I learned at least to think in English without an accent"; CHAPTER 4: "Christ, it's a Kid!"--Chad Godya.; CHAPTER 5: "Here I am!"--Hineni; CHAPTER 6: "Aloud she uttered it"-- (omitted) --Hashem; CHAPTER 7: Sounding Letters; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Control code
- 715154070
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400829538
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttxz33
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)715154070
- Label
- Call it English : the languages of Jewish American literature, Hana Wirth-Nesher
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Accent Marks: Writing and Pronouncing Jewish America; CHAPTER 2: "I like to shpeak plain, shee? Dot'sh a kin' a man I am!"; CHAPTER 3: "I learned at least to think in English without an accent"; CHAPTER 4: "Christ, it's a Kid!"--Chad Godya.; CHAPTER 5: "Here I am!"--Hineni; CHAPTER 6: "Aloud she uttered it"-- (omitted) --Hashem; CHAPTER 7: Sounding Letters; Notes; Works Cited; Index
- Control code
- 715154070
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 224 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400829538
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/cttxz33
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)715154070
Subject
- American literature -- Jewish authors
- American literature -- Jewish authors | History and criticism
- Bilingualism
- Bilingualism -- United States
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic books
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
- Jews -- Intellectual life
- Jews -- Languages
- Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life
- Jews -- United States -- Languages
- Jews in literature
- Judaism and literature
- Judaism and literature -- United States
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish
- Language and languages in literature
- Language and languages in literature
- Literature
- Multilingualism
- Multilingualism -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Literatures | History and criticism
- Jews in literature
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