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9781579581961
Jewish American writing is an exciting and controversial genre within post-war literature.Jewish American Literature since 1945offers a student guide to the major writers, their key works, and their cultural and philosophical backgrounds. The theoretical underpinnings of the literature--including the postmodern, the masternarrative and metafiction--are also introduced in an accessible form. The themes, issues and philosophies of key writers such as Saul Bellow, Erica Jong, Arthur Miller, Cynthia Ozick, Philip Roth, and Isaac Bashevis Singer are inter-related, and wider literary and historical topics are explained.Wade, Stephen is the author of 'Jewish American Literature Since 1945 An Introduction' with ISBN 9781579581961 and ISBN 157958196X.
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