Jewish Americans have produced some of the most imaginative,
provocative, and widely read literary works of the twentieth
century. These works reflect the hopes and dreams of Jewish
Americans, as well as their challenges and troubles. These works
help students understand the cultural and historical events central
to Jewish Americans in the twentieth century. This book gives
students and general readers an introduction to ten masterpieces of
Jewish American literature. An introductory chapter discusses the
backgrounds of Jewish American literature, including Jewish
literary traditions, Jewish life in America, the history of Jewish
American literature, and the importance of anti-semitism, the
Holocaust, and the State of Israel to the Jewish American
imagination. The chapters that follow cover ten major works of
Jewish American literature, including: The Rise of David Levinky,
by Abraham Cahan Bread Givers, by Anzia Yezierska Jews without
Money, by Michael Gold Call It Sleep, by Henry Roth The Old Bunch,
by Meyer Levin The Adventures of Augie March, by Saul Bellow The
Assistant, by Bernard Malamud The Chosen, by Chiam Potok Portnoy's
Complaint, by Philip Roth And The Messiah of Stockholm, by Cynthia
Ozick. Each chapter provides biographical information, a plot
summary, a discussion of characters, an analysis of themes, an
examination of narrative style, an exploration of historical
context, and suggestions for further reading. The volume closes
with a selected, general bibliography.
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