Call It English : The Languages of Jewish American Literature /

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Call It English identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. In transnational readings of works from the late-nineteenth century to the present by both imm...

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Main Author: Wirth-Nesher, Hana, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Multilingualism.
Literature.
Language and languages in literature.
Judaism and literature.
Jews > Languages.
Jews > Intellectual life.
Jews in literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
Bilingualism.
American literature > Jewish authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Juifs dans la litterature.
Multilinguisme > États-Unis.
Juifs > États-Unis > Langues.
Langage et langues dans la litterature.
Judaïsme et litterature > États-Unis.
Juifs > États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle.
Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la litterature.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique.
Bilingualism > United States.
Multilingualism > United States.
Jews > United States > Languages.
Judaism and literature > United States.
Jews > United States > Intellectual life.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
United States.
United States > Literatures > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Call It English identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. In transnational readings of works from the late-nineteenth century to the present by both immigrant and postimmigrant generations, Hana Wirth-Nesher traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, cross-cultural translations, and bilingual wordplay. Call It English tells a story of preoccupation with pronunciation, diction, trans.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages).
ISBN:9781400829538

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