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Autobiographical Jews : Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning /

Drawing on current literary theory, which questions the very nature of autobiographical writing and its relationship to what we normally designate as the truth, and, to a lesser extent, the new cognitive neurosciences, Michael Stanislawski analyzes a number of crucial and complex autobiographical te...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stanislawski, Michael, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on current literary theory, which questions the very nature of autobiographical writing and its relationship to what we normally designate as the truth, and, to a lesser extent, the new cognitive neurosciences, Michael Stanislawski analyzes a number of crucial and complex autobiographical texts written by Jews through the ages."--Jacket
"Autobiographical Jews examines the nature of autobiographical writing by Jews from antiquity to the present, and the ways in which such writings can legitimately be used as sources for Jewish history.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (224 pages).
Premios:National Jewish Book Awards (nominated), 2005
Koret Jewish Book Awards (nominated), 2005
ISBN:9780295803791