Title Israel through the Jewish-American imagination : a survey of Jewish-American literature on Israel, 1928-1995 / Andrew Furman

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1997

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) Series SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture Contents Introduction: Israel, the foremost preoccupation of the American Jew -- Meyer Levin against the grain: A Zionist writer takes on America's pre-Zionist Zeitgeist -- Embattled uris: A look back at Exodus -- Saul Bellow's Middle East problem -- Hugh Nissenson's Israel: In search of a viable Jewish ethos in Israel -- Zionism in Chaim Potok's The Chosen, Messianic complications, and current crises -- Philip Roth's nerve in The Counterlife and Operation Shylock: A confession: "Jewish Mischief" and the post-colonial critique -- Anne Roiphe's angst: A Jewish-American feminist looks at Israel -- Tova Rich's daring vision; or, the feminization of Israel's penitent -- Conclusion Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-218) and index Notes English Print version record Subject American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century Jewish fiction -- History and criticism Jews in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction -- Jewish authors Jewish fiction Jews in literature Judaism and literature Literature Literatura comparada. Literatura hebraica. Literatura norte americana. SUBJECT Israel -- In literature Subject Israel United States Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0585091188 9780585091181 9780791432518 0791432513 9780791432525 0791432521 1438403518 9781438403519

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