Jewish literature : a very short introduction / Ilan Stavans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stavans, Ilan, author.

Series:

Very short introductions ; 682.

Very short introductions ; 682

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jewish literature--History and criticism.

Jewish literature.

Judaism and literature.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xxii, 150 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

"An in-depth, thorough exploration of modern Jewish literature from 1492 to the 21st century, rotating around the concept of "aterritoriality" to appreciate the diasporic journey Jews have embarked on across geographic and linguistic spheres from 1492 to the present. At the centre of it are canonical figures like Franz Kafka, Isaac Babel, Bruno Schulz, Anne Frank, Martin Buber, Hannah Arendt, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Grace Paley, Jacobo Timerman, Moacyr Scliar, and Susan Sontag. Unlike the output of other national literatures, Jewish literature doesn't have a fixed address. As a result, its practitioners are at once insiders and outsiders"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 After the expulsion p. 7

2 The Yiddish self p. 19

3 The age of anxiety p. 31

4 Shoah and memory p. 40

5 Into the mainstream p. 50

6 The Promised Land p. 61

7 The ingathering p. 70

8 The critic's "I" p. 81

9 Translation matters p. 93

10 The letterless canon p. 104.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-129) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Jewish literature: a very short introduction

ISBN:

9780190076979

0190076976

OCLC:

1178631694