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The modern Jewish canon
a journey through language and culture
By Wisse, Ruth R.
- ISBN
- 978-0-68483-075-9
- Publisher
- New York : Free Press, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 2000
Wisse (Yiddish and comparative literature, Harvard; A Little Love in Big Manhattan) views Jewish 20th-century literature as a complex group of elements (group cohesion, social justice, and religion) that are not bound by language or place. Concentrating on the Ashkenazic Jewish tradition, she covers Yiddish, Russian, English, and Hebrew literatu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
