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From: Aspects of Modernism: From Wilde to Pirandello[(essay date 1935) In the following essay, which was originally published in 1935, Lavrin discusses the writings of the Russian thinker Vassily Rozanov and Weininger's Sex and Character, observing the influence of both...
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From: Midstream[(essay date January 2001) In the this essay, Lowin considers ways in which contemporary Israeli literature represents children and childhood, using Oz's Panther in the Basement as his primary example.] In Imagining...
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From: Tikkun[(essay date March/April 2004) In the following essay, Carroll discusses the stance of Christianity on Jewish culpability for Christ's death, maintaining that The Passion of the Christ borrows heavily from the allegedly...
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From: Chaim Potok: A Critical Companion[(essay date 2000) In the following essay, Sternlicht offers an examination of I Am the Clay in general, and also provides a deconstructionist reading of the work.] I Am the Clay is set in Korea during the 1950-1953...
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From: Commonweal[Cohen is an American novelist, critic, editor, and author of nonfiction works dealing with Jewish theology. In the following review of Athens and Jerusalem, he concludes that Shestov is "innocently, marvelously,...
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From: Studies in American Jewish Literature[(essay date 2001) In the following essay, Vogel examines Benét's portrayal of Jewish characters in "Jacob and the Indians," contending that he displays "a remarkable knowledge of Jewish history, community, and...
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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900[(essay date fall 1972) In the following essay, Ashton discusses Byron's blending of myth, Jewish nationalism, and the "monumental" to create metaphors of man and of man's condition in his Hebrew Melodies.] "How the...
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From: New Statesman[(essay date 30 October 2000) In the following essay, Jays laments the neglect of Jewish writing in British theater. Jays comments that Pinter's Jewish background is rarely mentioned in critical discussion of his plays.]...
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From: Escape Into Siege: A Survey of Israeli Literature Today[An English educator and critic, Yudkin is a frequent contributor of essays on modern Jewish literature to periodicals in the United States and abroad. His book-length studies include several works on Hebrew literary...
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From: The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)[In this excerpt from his 1903 survey of modern Hebrew literature, Slouschz examines the importance of Mapu's historical novels to the development of Eastern European Jewish culture.] Romantic fiction in Hebrew, which...
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From: Arizona Quarterly[(essay date winter 1983) In the following essay, Davis examines how Reed's use of mythology in his fiction differentiates from similar works by several modernist authors.] dont look at me if all dese niggers are...
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From: SHOFAR[(essay date spring 2004) In the following essay, Socolovsky examines themes of spirituality, secularism, and community in Kaaterskill Falls and places the novel within the context of contemporary Jewish American...
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From: Studies in American Jewish Literature[(essay date Fall 1990) In the following essay, Chess discusses the Jewishness of Levine's poetry. He contends that when Levine tackles an explicitly Jewish topic, the result is often cliché. However, when he writes...
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From: Horn Book MagazineOriginally published in the Netherlands in 1981, this novel [Hide and Seek] about one Jewish family's experiences during the German occupation of Holland in World War II is based on events in the author's own life....
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From: The Saturday Review[Golding was an English poet and author of several novels on Jewish themes. In the following excerpt, he considers the “Scottish Chaucerians” as poets in their own right, in some ways superior to Chaucer. Regarding...
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From: School Library JournalYA--A highly personalized, self-consciously written history of the Jewish people from Biblical times to the present [Wanderings: Chaim Potok's History of the Jews]. The book emphasizes themes which pervade Jewish...
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From: New Statesman & Society[(review date 15 January 1993) In the following review, Duplain applauds Begley's precise descriptions of places in The Man Who Was Late.] Two years ago Louis Begley published his first novel, Wartime Lies, the story...
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From: Midstream[(essay date September-October 2003) In the following essay, Charyn states that the lasting legacy of The Adventures of Augie March is the novel's profound influence on generations of Jewish American writers and...
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From: Midstream[(essay date January/February 2006) In the following essay, Medoff illustrates Eisner's concerns with the experiences of Eastern European Jewish immigrants in his graphic novels, underscoring his powerful response to...
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From: BooklistGr. 4 and up. Although recognized for her picture books, Zalben is obviously familiar with traditional Jewish dishes, having included recipes in a few of her stories about Beni the bear and his Jewish family. In fact,...