J.J. Steinfeld : essays on his works / edited by Sandra Singer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singer, Sandra, 1957- editor.

Series:

Writers series (Toronto, Ont.) ; 48.

Essential writers series ; 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Steinfeld, J. J--Criticism and interpretation.

Steinfeld, J. J.

Physical Description:

293 pages ; 21 cm.

regular print

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo ; Lancaster (U.K.) : Guernica, 2017.

Summary:

Compiled and edited by Sandra Singer, J. J. Steinfeld: Essays on His Works is a critical look at PEI writer J. J. Steinfeld's extensive and prolific writings in poetry, fiction and theatre, ranging from early work on post-Holocaust themes to later examinations of absurdity and existentialism. Among the contributors: Raina L. Shults, Michael Greenstein, Richard Lemm, Mark Sampson, Ellen S. Jaffe, George Elliott Clarke, Sandra Singer and Shane Neilson. Book jacket.

Contents:

J. J. Steinfeld: Interview with Sandra Singer (May 2016) / Sandra Singer Singer, Sandra, J. J. Steinfeld Steinfeld, J. J. 19

In His Mother's Image: Analysis of Second Generation Sons in Short Stories by J. J. Steinfeld / Raina L. Shults Shults, Raina L. 57

Kafka's Call: Fugue States and Fractured Chronotopes in J. J. Steinfeld's Fiction / Michael Greenstein Greenstein, Michael 82

Upsetting the Cradle: J. J. Steinfeld's Tragicomic Truth-Teller in Our Hero in the Cradle of Confederation / Richard Lemm Lemm, Richard 104

Situational Exposition: Elisions and Inclusions in J. J. Steinfeld's Word Burials / Mark Sampson Sampson, Mark 137

From Page to Stage, or Several Characters in Search of a Genre / Ellen S. Jaffe Jaffe, Ellen S. 157

Permutations of the Body: Ekphrasis in J. J. Steinfeld's Short Fiction and Poetry / Sandra Singer Singer, Sandra 191

The Holocaust Witness as Absurdist: J. J. Steinfeld's Ironic Ire / George Elliott Clarke Clarke, George Elliott 221

Time-Grammar and Second-Order Witnessing: On J. J. Steinfeld's Identity Dreams and Memory Sounds / Shane Neilson Neilson, Shane 240.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289).

Other Format:

J.J. Steinfeld.

ISBN:

9781771831772

1771831774

OCLC:

972181812