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American talmud : the cultural work of Jewish American fiction /
"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 c...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 Jews in America might be seen as one more stage of rabbinic commentary on the scriptural inheritance of the Jewish people."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 233 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-221) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781429471602 1429471603 0791471233 9780791471234 9780791479957 0791479951 |