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The impossible Jew identity and the reconstruction of Jewish American literary history

Title
The impossible Jew [electronic resource] : identity and the reconstruction of Jewish American literary history / Benjamin Schreier.
Author
Schreier, Benjamin.
Publication
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (x, 270 pages)
Uniform Title
Impossible Jew (Online)
Alternative Title
Impossible Jew (Online)
Subject
  • Cahan, Abraham, 1860-1951 > Criticism and interpretation
  • Roth, Philip > Criticism and interpretation
  • Foer, Jonathan Safran, 1977- > Criticism and interpretation
  • Jewish literature > United States > History and criticism
  • Jews > Identity
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-257) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: The school of criticism I wouldn't be caught dead in: a polemic on theorizing the field -- 1. Toward a critical semitism: on not answering the Jewish question in literary studies -- 2. Against the dialectic of nation: Abraham Cahan and desire's spectral Jew -- 3. The negative desire of Jewish representation; or, why were the New York intellectuals Jewish? -- 4. Why Jews aren't normal: the unrepresentable future of Philip Roth's the counterlife -- 5. 9/11's stealthy Jews: Jonathan Safran Foer and the irrepresentation of identity.
LCCN
2014044422
OCLC
ssj0001497733
Author
Schreier, Benjamin.
Title
The impossible Jew [electronic resource] : identity and the reconstruction of Jewish American literary history / Benjamin Schreier.
Imprint
New York ; London : New York University Press, [2015]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-257) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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