Research Catalog

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Description

1. 1 online resource (x, 239 p.) : ill.

Series statement

1. Jewish literature and culture

Uniform title

1. Exiles on main street (Online)

Alternative title

1. Exiles on main street (Online)

Subject

1. American literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism
2. Jews -- United States -- Identity
3. Group identity in literature
4. Jews in literature

Contents

1. Breathing free in the New World : transcendentalism and the Jewish soul -- Battling the nativists : mystics, prophets, and rebels in interwar America -- Yiddish interlude -- "Orating in New Yorkese" : the languages of Jewishness in postwar America.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index.

Access (note)

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Author

1. Levinson, Julian.

Title

1. Exiles on main street [electronic resource] : Jewish American writers and American literary culture / Julian Levinson.

Imprint

1. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.

Series

1. Jewish literature and culture

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index.

Access

1. Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

1. Available from home with a valid library card
2. Available onsite at NYPL

LCCN

1. 2007046930