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OverviewProvides critical overviews of the main writers and key themes of Anglophone Jewish fiction This collection of essays represents a new departure for, and a potentially (re)defining moment in, literary Jewish Studies. It is the first volume to bring together essays covering a wide range of American, British, South African, Canadian and Australian Jewish fiction. Moreover, it complicates all these terms, emphasising the porousness between different national traditions and moving beyond traditional definitions of Jewishness. For the sake of structural clarity, the volume is divided into three parts – `American Jewish Fiction’, `British Jewish Fiction’ and `International and Transnational Anglophone Jewish Fiction’ – but many of the essays cross over these boundaries and speak to each other implicitly, as well as, on occasion, explicitly. Extending and redefining the canon of modern Jewish fiction, the volume juxtaposes major authors with more marginal figures, revising and recuperating individual reputations, rediscovering forgotten and discovering new work, and in the process remapping the whole terrain. This volume opens windows onto vistas that previously had been obscured and opens doors for the next generation of studies that could not proceed without a wide-ranging, visionary empiricism grounding their work. The Edinburgh Companion is a paradigm-changing event, and nothing in Jewish literary studies that follows can fail to pay close attention to it. Key Features: Highlights the rich diversity of the field and identifies its key themes, including immigration, the Diaspora, the Holocaust, Judaism, assimilation, antisemitism and Zionism Analyses the main trends in Anglophone Jewish fiction and situates them in historical context Discusses the place of Anglophone Jewish fiction in relation to critical debates concerning transatlanticism and transnationalism; ethnicity and identity politics; postcolonial studies, feminist studies and Jewish Studies. With a preface by Mark Shechner, the volume contains 28 essays by contributors including Vicki Aarons (Trinity University, Texas), Debra Shostak (Wooster College, Ohio), Ira Nadel (University of British Columbia), Efraim Sicher (Ben-Gurion University, Phyllis Lassner (Northwestern University), Sue Vice (University of Sheffield), Lori Harrison-Kahan (Boston College), Ruth Gilbert (University of Winchester), Beate Neumeier (University of Cologne) andSandra Singer (University of Guelph). David Brauner is Professor of Contemporary Literature at The University of Reading. Axel Stähler is Reader in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent, Canterbury. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Brauner , Axel Stähler , Victoria Aarons , Dr Shaul BassiPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 1.089kg ISBN: 9780748646159ISBN 10: 0748646159 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 30 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis most comprehensive volume is replete with fascinating material creating much food for thought. Sturdily bound, with a typeface not difficult on ageing eyes and an attractive jacket...is highly recommended for all reference collections. -- William Baker, Northern Illinois University for Reference Reviews, volume 30, issue 4 This most comprehensive volume is replete with fascinating material creating much food for thought. Sturdily bound, with a typeface not difficult on ageing eyes and an attractive jacket...is highly recommended for all reference collections. -- William Baker, Northern Illinois University for Reference Reviews, volume 30, issue 4 Author InformationDavid Brauner is Professor of Contemporary Literature at the University of Reading. Axel Stahler is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Kent. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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