Bibliograph

Jewish literature, a very short introduction, Ilan Stavans

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Jewish literature, a very short introduction, Ilan Stavans

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jewish literature

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1178631694

Responsibility statement

Ilan Stavans

Series statement

Very short introductions, 682

Sub title

a very short introduction

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"--, Provided by publisher

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