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Author:

Sternlicht, Sanford V.

Title:

Masterpieces of Jewish American literature / Sanford Sternlicht.

Publisher:

Greenwood Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

viii, 135 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

American literature--Jewish authors.
Jews--United States.--Literary collections.
Judaism and literature--United States.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-128) and index.

Contents:

Backgrounds -- Jewish literary traditions -- Jewish life in America -- Modern Jewish American literature: a brief history -- Anti-semitism, the Holocaust, Zionism, and the State of Israel -- Abraham Cahan, The rise of David Levinsky (1917) -- Anzia Yezierska, Bread givers (1925) -- Michael Gold, Jews without money (1930) -- Henry Roth, Call it sleep (1934) -- Meyer Levin, The old bunch (1937) -- Saul Bellow, The adventures of Augie March (1953) -- Bernard Malamud, The assistant (1957) -- Chaim Potok, The chosen (1967) -- Philip Roth, Portnoy's complaint (1969) -- Cynthia Ozick, The messiah of Stockholm (1987).

Series:

Greenwood introduces literary masterpieces

ISBN:

0313338574 (alk. paper)
9780313338571 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76183866

LCCN:

2006038252

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)