Jewish literature : a very short introduction /
An in-depth, thorough exploration of modern Jewish literature from 1492 to the 21st century, rotating around the concept of "aterritoriality" to appreciate the diasporic journey Jews have embarked on across geographic and linguistic spheres from 1492 to the present. At the center of it are...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2021].
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| Series: | Very short introductions ;
682. |
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| Summary: | An in-depth, thorough exploration of modern Jewish literature from 1492 to the 21st century, rotating around the concept of "aterritoriality" to appreciate the diasporic journey Jews have embarked on across geographic and linguistic spheres from 1492 to the present. At the center of it are canonical figures like Franz Kafka, Isaac Babel, Bruno Schulz, Anne Frank, Martin Buber, Hannah Arendt, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Grace Paley, Jacobo Timerman, Moacyr Scliar and Susan Sontag. Unlike the output of other national literatures, Jewish literature doesn't have a fixed address. As a result, its practitioners are at once insiders and outsiders. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190076979 0190076976 |