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Chaim Potok : confronting modernity through the lens of tradition /

A collection of essays exploring the work of Jewish American novelist Chaim Potok, with emphasis on his efforts to reconcile the appeal of modernity and the pull of traditional Judaism. -- Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walden, Daniel, 1922-2013
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The chosen : defining American Judaism / Kathryn McClymond
  • The three-pronged dialectic : understanding conflict in Potok's early fiction / Jessica Lang
  • Guardians of the Torah : ambiguity and antagonism in The promise / Victoria Aarons
  • Daedalus redeemed : Asher Lev's journey from rebellion to rapprochement / S. Lillian Kremer
  • Davita's harp : the silence of violence and the limits of the imagination / Susanne Klingenstein
  • The book of lights : a book of choices / Sanford E. Marovitz
  • History and responsibility : an assessment of Potok's "non-Jewish" I am the clay / Nathan P. Devir
  • Choosing the chosen : a reappraisal of The chosen / Hugh Nissenson
  • Chaim Potok : a Zwischenmensch ("between person") in the cultures / Daniel Walden
  • Chaim Potok and the question of Jewish writing / Jonathan Rosen
  • Chaim Potok : a literary biography / Adena Potok
  • Chaim Potok is no longer with us, but his lessons remain / Jane Eisner
  • Adena Potok on I am the clay / Nathan P. Devir
  • Chaim Potok : my life as a writer / Chaim Potok.