Stephen Wade

Jewish American Literature since 1945

An Introduction

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature. "Jewish American Literature since 1945" offers a student guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. The theoretical underpinnings of the literature--including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction--are also introduced in an accessible form. The themes, issues and philosophies of key writers such as Saul Bellow, Erica Jong, Arthur Miller, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, and Isaac Bashevis Singer are inter-related, and wider literary and historical topics are explained.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 286g
• ISBN-13: 9781579581961
• ISBN-10: 157958196X
• Artikelnr.: 21404088

Autorenporträt

Stephen Wade is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield, England, and author of Christopher Isherwood (Macmillan, 1991) and Three Jewish American Novels (English Association, 1995).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Historical and Literary Foundations
Chapter 2 Seminal Influences
Chapter 3 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction I
Chapter 4 Jewish-American Themes in Fiction II
Chapter 5 Explorations in Drama
Chapter 6 Poetry Across the Generations
Chapter 7 The Mediation of Jewishness in Cultural Texts
Chapter 8 Relocating Moralism in Jewish America
Chapter 9 New Directions Across the Generations
Chapter 10 Conclusion