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 centre of...

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Main Author: Stavans, Ilan 1961- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2021]
Series:Very short introductions 682
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
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 centre 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"--
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 121-129
Physical Description:xxii, 150 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780190076979

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