Autobiographical Jews : Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stanislawski, Michael, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Joden.
Autobiografieën.
Jüdische Literatur
Autobiografie
Selbstbild
Self-perception
Judaism and literature
Jews > Historiography
Jewish prose literature
Autobiography > Jewish authors
Autobiographical memory
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Jewish Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Perception de soi.
Judaïsme et litterature.
Memoire episodique.
Juifs > Historiographie.
Écrivains juifs > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Prose juive > Histoire et critique.
Self-perception.
Judaism and literature.
Autobiographical memory.
Jews > Historiography.
Jewish authors > Biography > History and criticism.
Autobiography > Jewish authors.
Jewish prose literature > History and criticism.
Hebräisch.
Juden.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
Awards:National Jewish Book Awards (nominated), 2005
Koret Jewish Book Awards (nominated), 2005
ISBN:9780295803791

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