Lost and found : the discovery of Lithuania in American fiction / Ausra Paulauskiene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paulauskienė, Aušra.

Series:

On the boundary of two worlds ; 10.

On the boundary of two worlds ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Lithuania--In literature.

Lithuania.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Discovery of Lithuania in American fiction

Lithuania in American fiction

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aušra Paulauskienė’s book Lost and Found: The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction targets American as well as European scholars in the fields of literature, ethnic studies and immigration. The author discovers obscure texts on Lithuania and alerts Western and Eastern academia to their significance as well as the reasons for their neglect. For the first time, Abraham Cahan’s autobiography The Education of Abraham Cahan and Ezra Brudno’s autobiographical novel The Fugitive receive an extensive coverage, while Goldie Stone’s My Caravan of Years and Margaret Seebach’s That Man Donaleitis (sic) receive their first scholarly consideration ever. The author argues that misrepresentations, misattributions and exclusions of Lithuanian legacy in the U.S. were produced by major political events of the twentieth century.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

Neither Russians nor Lithuanians but Lithuanian Jews

The Narrative of Abraham Cahan’s Identity

Undiscovered Jewish-American Writers from Lithuania: Ezra Brudno and Goldie Stone

An Unknown Novel about Lithuanians: Margaret Seebach’s That Man Donaleitis (sic)

Lithuanian Voices

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-26560-1

9786612265600

94-012-0491-8

1-4356-1217-5

OCLC:

714567201

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789401204910 DOI