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The Resource The Jewish writer in America ; : assimilation and the crisis of identity

The Jewish writer in America ; : assimilation and the crisis of identity

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Extent
x, 256 pages
Contents
  • I. Introduction: emancipation, assimilation, and the crisis of identity
  • II. The promised land
  • Arrival in America, 1654-1882
  • Songs of a self-conscious Semite: Emma Lazarus
  • The rise of a lucky few: Mary Antin and Abraham Cahan
  • Interlude: Anzia Yezierska and Samuel Ornitz
  • How some of us made it: Meyer Levin and Daniel Fuchs
  • Fathers and sons: Henry Roth and Isaac Rosenfeld
  • Marriage with a Shikse
  • Philip Roth and the rabbis
  • The black humorists
  • Back to Brownsville: Alfred Kazin
  • III. One's own people
  • The arguments for peoplehood
  • The forgotten achievement of Ludwig Lewisohn
  • Zionism and the Jewish writer
  • "All men are Jews": Bernard Malamud
  • The postwar revival of peoplehood
  • Poems of Jews: Karl Shapiro, Irving Feldman, John Hollander
  • IV. The revolutionary messiah
  • Jewish radicals?
  • Jews and proletarians
  • Paul Goodman's quest for community
  • The apocalyptic vision of Norman Mailer
  • Allen Ginsberg and the angelheaded hipsters
  • V. Mr. Bellow's America
  • Dangling man
  • The victim
  • The adventure of Augie March
  • Seize the day
  • Henderson the rain king
  • Herzog
  • Mr. Sammler's planet
  • VI. The end of the Jewish people?
Isbn
9780195014471
Instance
Label
The Jewish writer in America ; : assimilation and the crisis of identity
Title
The Jewish writer in America ;
Title remainder
assimilation and the crisis of identity
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
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Guttmann, Allen
Dewey number
810.9/8/924
Index
index present
LC call number
PS153.J4
LC item number
G8
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • American literature
  • Judaism and literature
  • Jews
  • Assimilation (Sociology) in literature
  • Group identity in literature
  • Jews in literature
  • Littérature américaine
  • Juifs dans la littérature
  • Identität
  • Literatur
  • Schriftsteller
  • Juden
  • USA
Label
The Jewish writer in America ; : assimilation and the crisis of identity
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Bibliography: pages 244-246
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
I. Introduction: emancipation, assimilation, and the crisis of identity -- II. The promised land -- Arrival in America, 1654-1882 -- Songs of a self-conscious Semite: Emma Lazarus -- The rise of a lucky few: Mary Antin and Abraham Cahan -- Interlude: Anzia Yezierska and Samuel Ornitz -- How some of us made it: Meyer Levin and Daniel Fuchs -- Fathers and sons: Henry Roth and Isaac Rosenfeld -- Marriage with a Shikse -- Philip Roth and the rabbis -- The black humorists -- Back to Brownsville: Alfred Kazin -- III. One's own people -- The arguments for peoplehood -- The forgotten achievement of Ludwig Lewisohn -- Zionism and the Jewish writer -- "All men are Jews": Bernard Malamud -- The postwar revival of peoplehood -- Poems of Jews: Karl Shapiro, Irving Feldman, John Hollander -- IV. The revolutionary messiah -- Jewish radicals? -- Jews and proletarians -- Paul Goodman's quest for community -- The apocalyptic vision of Norman Mailer -- Allen Ginsberg and the angelheaded hipsters -- V. Mr. Bellow's America -- Dangling man -- The victim -- The adventure of Augie March -- Seize the day -- Henderson the rain king -- Herzog -- Mr. Sammler's planet -- VI. The end of the Jewish people?
Control code
176471
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 256 pages
Isbn
9780195014471
Lccn
74161887
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(WaOLN)462352
Label
The Jewish writer in America ; : assimilation and the crisis of identity
Publication
Bibliography note
Bibliography: pages 244-246
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
I. Introduction: emancipation, assimilation, and the crisis of identity -- II. The promised land -- Arrival in America, 1654-1882 -- Songs of a self-conscious Semite: Emma Lazarus -- The rise of a lucky few: Mary Antin and Abraham Cahan -- Interlude: Anzia Yezierska and Samuel Ornitz -- How some of us made it: Meyer Levin and Daniel Fuchs -- Fathers and sons: Henry Roth and Isaac Rosenfeld -- Marriage with a Shikse -- Philip Roth and the rabbis -- The black humorists -- Back to Brownsville: Alfred Kazin -- III. One's own people -- The arguments for peoplehood -- The forgotten achievement of Ludwig Lewisohn -- Zionism and the Jewish writer -- "All men are Jews": Bernard Malamud -- The postwar revival of peoplehood -- Poems of Jews: Karl Shapiro, Irving Feldman, John Hollander -- IV. The revolutionary messiah -- Jewish radicals? -- Jews and proletarians -- Paul Goodman's quest for community -- The apocalyptic vision of Norman Mailer -- Allen Ginsberg and the angelheaded hipsters -- V. Mr. Bellow's America -- Dangling man -- The victim -- The adventure of Augie March -- Seize the day -- Henderson the rain king -- Herzog -- Mr. Sammler's planet -- VI. The end of the Jewish people?
Control code
176471
Dimensions
22 cm
Extent
x, 256 pages
Isbn
9780195014471
Lccn
74161887
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(WaOLN)462352

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