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The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration

The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration more books like this

by Louis Harap

In this exhaustive study of the status of representations of Jewish people in American culture through 1917, Louis Harap exhaustively catalogs the various factors shaping the 'image of the Jew' from the Shylock figure to more sympathetic portrayals.

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Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship

Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship more books like this

by Louis Harap

This volume, the final one in a three-part series on the Jewish presence in twentieth-century American literature, first examines the special literary relationship of Blacks and Jews as exemplified in the writings of the two groups. Harap locates the historical roots of this relationship in Black folklore and history and finds illustrations of it ...

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Creative Awakening: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1900-1940s

Creative Awakening: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1900-1940s more books like this

by Louis Harap

Around the turn of the century, the United States was still experiencing the mass migration of millions of Jews and other immigrants escaping oppression and poverty in Europe. Set against this historical backdrop, author Louis Harap examines the development of the Jewish American, as both writer and character, from 1900 to the 1950s. Creative ...

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Handbook of American-Jewish Literature: An Analytical Guide to Topics, Themes, and Sources

Handbook of American-Jewish Literature: An Analytical Guide to Topics, Themes, and Sources more books like this

by Gene Brown (Editor), Jules Chametzky (Editor), Louis Harap (Editor)

Focusing on the Jewish contribution to American writing, this guide offers a comprehensive view of Jewish identity and experience in American society, together with important bibliographic information for the scholar or researcher. In eighteen essays written by a distinguished group of specialists, it provides a wealth of fact, interpretation, and ...

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In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s

In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s more books like this

by Louis Harap

In the Mainstream represents the second in a multi-volume study of the Jewish American as both writer and character in our nation's literature. This book focuses on the period from 1950 to the 1980s. The author provides abundant evidence that by the end of the 1950s, Jewish writers had achieved full status in the realm of American fiction. His ...

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Jewish Currents Reader, 1976-1986: Anthology of Essays, Fiction and Poetry more books like this

by Louis Harap (Editor)

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"Jewish life" anthology, 1946-1956; a selection of short stories, poems, and essays drawn from the magazine. more books like this

by Louis Harap

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A Ten year harvest : third decennial reader : a selection of short stories, poems, and essays from Jewish currents, 1966-1976 more books like this

by Louis Harap

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