| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 184 pages) |
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The chosen : defining American Judaism / Kathryn McClymond -- The three-pronged dialectic : understanding conflict in Potok's early fiction / Jessica Lang -- Guardians of the Torah : ambiguity and antagonism in The promise / Victoria Aarons -- Daedalus redeemed : Asher Lev's journey from rebellion to rapprochement / S. Lillian Kremer -- Davita's harp : the silence of violence and the limits of the imagination / Susanne Klingenstein -- The book of lights : a book of choices / Sanford E. Marovitz -- History and responsibility : an assessment of Potok's "non-Jewish" I am the clay / Nathan P. Devir -- Choosing the chosen : a reappraisal of The chosen / Hugh Nissenson -- Chaim Potok : a Zwischenmensch ("between person") in the cultures / Daniel Walden -- Chaim Potok and the question of Jewish writing / Jonathan Rosen -- Chaim Potok : a literary biography / Adena Potok -- Chaim Potok is no longer with us, but his lessons remain / Jane Eisner -- Adena Potok on I am the clay / Nathan P. Devir -- Chaim Potok : my life as a writer / Chaim Potok |
| Summary |
A collection of essays exploring the work of Jewish American novelist Chaim Potok, with emphasis on his efforts to reconcile the appeal of modernity and the pull of traditional Judaism. -- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Potok, Chaim -- Criticism and interpretation
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Potok, Chaim -- Criticism and interpretation
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Potok, Chaim. |
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Potok, Chaim 1929-2002 |
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Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Jewish fiction -- History and criticism
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Jews in literature.
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Modernism (Literature)
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Artists, Architects, Photographers.
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Jewish fiction.
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Jews in literature.
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Judaism and literature.
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Modernism (Literature)
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Judentum
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Walden, Daniel, 1922-2013.
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| ISBN |
9780271062686 |
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0271062681 |
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9780271069708 |
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0271069708 |
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