American Talmud The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction

Name: American Talmud The Cultural Work of Jewish American Fiction
Price: 4.64 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780791471241

ISBN-10: 0791471241

ISBN-13: 9780791471241

Edition: 2007

Authors: Ezra Cappell

List price: $34.95

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Marketplace

3 new & used from $4.64

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

In American Talmud, Ezra Cappell redefines the genre of Jewish American fiction and places it squarely within the larger context of American literature. Cappell departs from the conventional approach of defining Jewish American authors solely in terms of their ethnic origins and sociological constructs, and instead contextualizes their fiction within the theological heritage of Jewish culture. By deliberately emphasizing historical and ethnographic links to religions, religious texts, and traditions, Cappell demonstrates that twentieth-century and contemporary Jewish American fiction writers have been codifying a new Talmud, an American Talmud, and argues that the literary production of…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Henry Roth's First Novel: Call It Jewish?



Reflecting the World: Bernard Malamud's Post-Holocaust Judaism



Bellow's Short Fiction: Something Jewish To Remember Him By



Rebecca Goldstein: The Ethics of Second-Generation Witnessing



Four Questions for Allegra Goodman



Henry Roth's Second Novel: Mercy for a Rude Youth


Conclusion: The Future of Jewish Fiction in America



An Interview with Rebecca Goldstein


Notes


Works Cited


Index