1st Edition
Jewish Writing and Identity in the Twentieth Century
By Leon Israel Yudkin
Copyright 1982
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
170 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the 1880s, when systematic pogroms in Russia led to massive emigration, there have been two themes in Jewish history - persecution, culminating in the holocaust, and the corresponding search for a place in the world, which led to emigration to America, the rise of Zionism and the emergence of the State of Israel. In spite of these factors, Jews throughout the world have maintained their... Read more
Preface 1. A Jewish Literary Identity 2. The Immigrant Experience in America 3. A Brief Spring: In the German World Between the Wars 4. In the Eye of the Revolution: Russia 5. Hebrew Literature Between Exile and Home 6. Is There a French Jewish Literature? 7. From the Periphery to the Centre in America 8. On the Fringes of Europe: The Italian Scene 9. A New Beginning: Israeli Literature
Biography
Leon Israel Yudkin
