The Jewish writer in America;: Assimilation and the crisis of identity

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Bibliography: P. 244-246. I. Introduction: Emancipation, Assimilation, And The Crisis Of Identity -- Ii. The Promised Land -- Arrival In America, 1654-1882 -- Songs Of A Self-conscious Semite: Emma Lazarus -- The Rise Of A Lucky Few: Mary Antin And Abraham Cahan -- Interlude: Anzia Yezierska And Samuel Ornitz -- How Some Of Us Made It: Meyer Levin And Daniel Fuchs -- Fathers And Sons: Henry Roth And Isaac Rosenfeld -- Marriage With A Shikse -- Philip Roth And The Rabbis -- The Black Humorists -- Back To Brownsville: Alfred Kazin -- Iii. One's Own People -- The Arguments For Peoplehood -- The Forgotten Achievement Of Ludwig Lewisohn -- Zionism And The Jewish Writer -- All Men Are Jews: Bernard Malamud -- The Postwar Revival Of Peoplehood -- Poems Of Jews: Karl Shapiro, Irving Feldman, John Hollander -- Iv. The Revolutionary Messiah -- Jewish Radicals? -- Jews And Proletarians -- Paul Goodman's Quest For Community -- The Apocalyptic Vision Of Norman Mailer -- Allen Ginsberg And The Angelheaded Hipsters -- V. Mr. Bellow's America -- Dangling Man -- The Victim -- The Adventure Of Augie March -- Seize The Day -- Henderson The Rain King -- Herzog -- Mr. Sammler's Planet -- Vi. The End Of The Jewish People? Bibliography: P. 244-246.

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Name in long format: The Jewish writer in America;: Assimilation and the crisis of identity
ISBN-10: 0195014472
ISBN-13: 9780195014471
Book pages: 256
Book language: en
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Dimensions: Weight: 1 Pounds

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