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"Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel shows how Jews, traditionally castigated as weak and cowardly, for the first time became the popular literary representatives of what it meant to be a soldier and what it meant to be an American. Revisiting best-selling works ra...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Garrett, Leah, 1966- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2015.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Literature and the war
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism
War and literature.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature.
American literature > Jewish authors.
American literature.
Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la litterature.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis > Litterature et guerre.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > Auteurs juifs > Histoire et critique.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Literature and the war.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"Young Lions: How Jewish Authors Reinvented the American War Novel shows how Jews, traditionally castigated as weak and cowardly, for the first time became the popular literary representatives of what it meant to be a soldier and what it meant to be an American. Revisiting best-selling works ranging from Norman Mailer's The Naked and the Dead to Joseph Heller's Catch-22, and uncovering a range of unknown archival material, Leah Garrett shows how Jewish writers used the theme of World War II to reshape the American public's ideas about war, the Holocaust, and the role of Jews in postwar life. In contrast to most previous war fiction these new Jewish war novels were often ironic, funny, and irreverent and sought to teach the reading public broader lessons about liberalism, masculinity, and pluralism"--Page 4 of cover.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (285 pages).
ISBN:9780810131453

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