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Transferring to America : Jewish interpretations of American dreams / Rael Meyerowitz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Meyerowitz, Rael, 1953-
- Series:
- SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
- SUNY series in psychoanalysis and culture
- SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture
- SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bercovitch, Sacvan.
- Cavell, Stanley, 1926-.
- Cavell, Stanley.
- Bloom, Harold.
- American literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- American literature.
- National characteristics, American, in literature.
- Criticism--Jewish authors--History--20th century.
- Criticism.
- Criticism--United States--History--20th century.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
- Jews.
- Jews--United States--Intellectual life.
- Immigrants--United States--Psychology.
- Immigrants.
- Psychoanalysis and literature--United States.
- Psychoanalysis and literature.
- Judaism and literature--United States.
- Judaism and literature.
- Immigrants in literature.
- Jews in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book uses recent psychoanalytic theory to analyze the work of three contemporary scholars--Harold Bloom, Stanley Cavell, and Sacvan Bercovitch--while viewing their work as expressing Jewish immigrant desires for integration into American culture.
- Contents:
- ""Front Matter""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Content""; ""Part One""; ""Sources of Assistance""; ""Prospects of Culture""; ""Part Two""; ""Wrest(l)ing Authority""; ""Finding Acknowledgment""; ""Identifying Rhetorics""; ""Back Matter""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""Index""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438412955
- 1438412959
- OCLC:
- 923413695
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