Physical Description
x, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Songs of a Semite : Emma Lazarus and the muse of history
Ecstasies of the credulous : Mary Antin and the spirit of the shtetl
"Pilgrim to a forgotten shrine" : Ludwig Lewisohn and the recovery of the inner Jew
Modernist flasks, Jewish wine : Waldo Frank and the immanence of God
Cinderella's dybbuk : Anzia Yezierska as the voice of generations
From Heine to Whitman : the Yiddish poets come to America
"My private orthodoxy" : Alfred Kazin's romantic Judaism
The Jewish writer flies at twilight : Irving Howe and the recovery of Yiddishkayt.
ISBN
9780253350817
0253350816 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-223) and index.
Songs of a Semite : Emma Lazarus and the muse of history -- Ecstasies of the credulous : Mary Antin and the spirit of the shtetl -- "Pilgrim to a forgotten shrine" : Ludwig Lewisohn and the recovery of the inner Jew -- Modernist flasks, Jewish wine : Waldo Frank and the immanence of God -- Cinderella's dybbuk : Anzia Yezierska as the voice of generations -- From Heine to Whitman : the Yiddish poets come to America -- "My private orthodoxy" : Alfred Kazin's romantic Judaism -- The Jewish writer flies at twilight : Irving Howe and the recovery of Yiddishkayt.
Additional Form
Electronic version(s) available internally at USHMM.
