The writer uprooted
Subtitle: contemporary Jewish exile literature
By: edited by Alvin H. Rosenfeld.
Contributors: Rosenfeld, Alvin H. 1938-
Series: Jewish literature and culture
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780253351449; 9780253219817
Subjects: American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Jewish authors -- Europe, Eastern; Exiles' writings -- History and criticism; Immigrants -- United States; Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature; Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nomadic language / Norman Manea; title: On Norman Manea's The Hooligan's Return / Matei Calinescu; title: Writing about uprootedness / Henryk Grynberg; title: Exile as life after death in the writings of Henryk Grynberg and Norman Manea / Katarzyna Jerzak; title: The writer as tour guide / Lara Vapnyar; title: Questions of Identity : the new world of the immigrant writer / Morris Dickstein; title: A displaced scholar's tale : the Jewish factor / Geoffrey Hartman; title: Exile : inside and out / Bronislava Volková; title: From country to country : my search for home / Zsuzsanna Ozsvath; title: Finding a virtual home for Yiddish poetry in Southern Indiana / Dov-Ber Kerler.