Title: Contemporary American-Jewish literature
Description: CONTENTS: Overviews: Solotaroff, T. Philip Roth and the Jewish moralists. Daiches, D. Breakthrough? Guttmann, A. The conversions of the Jews. Alter, R. Jewish dreams and nightmares.- Close views: Weinberg, H. The activist Norman Mailer. Pinsker, S. Sitting shiva: notes on recent American-Jewish autobiography. Schulz, M.F. Mr. Bellow's perigee; or, The lowered horizons of Mr. Sammler's planet. Dembo, L.S. Dissent and dissent: a look at Fiedler and Trilling. Friedman, M.J. Jewish mothers and sons; the expense of chutzpah. Grebstein, S.N. Bernard Malamud and the Jewish movement. Malkoff, K. The self in the modern world: Karl Shapiro's Jewish poems. Klein, M. Further notes on the dereliction of culture: Edward Lewis Wallant and Bruce Jay Friedman. Gittleman, E. Dybbukianism: the meaning of method in Singer's short stories.- Bryer, J.R. American-Jewish literature: a selective.

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Subjects: American literature, History, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Jewish authors, Jews, Jews in literature, Judaism and literature, Auteurs juifs, Literatur, Geschichte, Criticism and interpretation, Histoire et critique, Schriftsteller, Litterature americaine, Juden, American literature, jewish authors, American literature, history and criticism, American literature, history and criticism, 20th century, Jews, intellectual life, Jews, united states
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century