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The Inveterate Dreamer: Essays and Conversations on Jewish Culture
Ilan Stavans
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Description for The Inveterate Dreamer: Essays and Conversations on Jewish Culture
paperback. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? This volume explores the problems and prospects of representing Jewish experiences through such media as Holocaust memoirs and Jewish museums. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Not only do "modern" Jewish languages like Yiddish and Hebrew have their own Jewish writers, but every major Western tongue—from German and Russian to English and Portuguese—does as well. These writers are often at the crossroad between the two traditions: their Jewish one and their own national one. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? Ilan Stavans is uniquely qualified to answer these questions and to comment on the power and challenges of cultural margins and literary crossings. He has been at the ... Read more
Not only do "modern" Jewish languages like Yiddish and Hebrew have their own Jewish writers, but every major Western tongue—from German and Russian to English and Portuguese—does as well. These writers are often at the crossroad between the two traditions: their Jewish one and their own national one. Is there such a thing as a modern Jewish literary tradition, one navigating across linguistic and national lines? If so, how should one define it? Ilan Stavans is uniquely qualified to answer these questions and to comment on the power and challenges of cultural margins and literary crossings. He has been at the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Series
Texts and Contexts
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803292789
SKU
V9780803292789
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About Ilan Stavans
A professor of Spanish, Jewish studies, and creative writing at Amherst College, Ilan Stavans has been described as "one of our foremost cultural critics" by the Washington Post and "a canon-maker" by the Chronicle of Higher Education. He is the author or editor of numerous works, including Mutual Impressions, The Hispanic Condition, and The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories.
Reviews for The Inveterate Dreamer: Essays and Conversations on Jewish Culture
"(Stavans) offers a lengthy, penetrating analysis of language and the Jewish tradition. . . . This book will certainly appeal to fans of Bloom and other Jewish critics, and it belongs in most academic and public libraries."—Library Journal "Stavans is an old-fashioned intellectual, a brilliant interpreter of his triple heritage—Jewish, Mexican, and American."—Henry Louis Gates Jr. "Raised in Mexico and ... Read more