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City scriptures : modern Jewish writing / Murray Baumgarten.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baumgarten, Murray.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--Jewish authors.
- Jewish literature--History and criticism.
- Jewish literature.
- Jews in literature.
- Cities and towns in literature.
- Yiddish language--Influence on foreign languages.
- Yiddish language.
- Penn Provenance:
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- viii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 185 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 1982.
- Contents:
- An urban phenomenon
- Dual allegiances
- Clothing and character
- Abishag: the body's song
- Community and modernity: Sholom Aleichem
- Folk speech and holy tongue: Agnon and Borges
- Language rules
- City premises.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has underlines, marginal marks and ms. annotations throughout.
- ISBN:
- 0674132785
- OCLC:
- 7736484
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