Modern Jewish Women Writers in America

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2. Modern Jewish Women Writers in America: An Introduction

   1. Modern Jewish Women Writers in America: An Introduction

      • Evelyn Avery

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3. The Early Years—In Search of the Promised Land: 1910s–1950s

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Rethinking Mary Antin and The Promised Land

      • Jules Chametzky

      Pages 17-27

   3. Between Two Worlds: Anzia Yezierska, Longing for the New: Bound to the Old

      • Evelyn Avery

      Pages 29-39

   4. Edna Ferber, Jewish American Writer: Who Knew?

      • Eileen H. Watts

      Pages 41-63

4. The Roads Diverge—Assimilation and Its Discontents: 1960s–1990s

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65

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   2. “My Own Design”: Finding Identity in Anne Roiphe’s Writings

      • Melanie Levinson

      Pages 67-77

   3. Conversation with Johanna Kaplan

      • Nahma Sandrow

      Pages 79-96

   4. Johanna Kaplan and the Freedom of Attachment

      • Carol Iannone

      Pages 97-109

   5. Norma Rosen’s Jewish Journey

      • Ann Shapiro

      Pages 111-127

5. The Convenent Confirmed? 1990s–2000

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129

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   2. Cynthia Ozick’s Puttermesser Papers: From Whimsy to Wisdom

      • Sarah Blacher Cohen

      Pages 131-149

   3. Rebecca Goldstein: Tension and Ambivalence

      • Anna P. Ronell

      Pages 151-171

   4. Kei’tsad Mirakdim Lifnei HaKalah: How Do You Dance before the Bride?

      • Miriyam Glazer

      Pages 173-197

   5. Anxieties in the “Modern Context”: Fantasies of Change in Allegra Goodman’s Fiction

      • Victoria Aarons

      Pages 199-212

6. Into the Twenty-First Century: The Pendulum Swings

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Failed Conquests: Jews and Germans in Fictions and Memoirs by American Jewish Women

      • Susanne Klingenstein

      Pages 215-239

   3. “Writing between Worlds”

      • Tova Mirvis

      Pages 241-247

   4. On Being Modern and Orthodox: A Conversation with Tova Mirvis

      • Evelyn Avery

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This collection includes groundbreaking essays, and interviews with scholars and writers which reveal that despite pressures of assimilation, personal goals, and in some cases, anti-Semitism, they have never been able to divorce their lives or literature from their heritage.

• America
• essay
• fiction
• women

'This beautifully written collection offers a welcome overview of Jewish women writers and their heritage.' - Elaine B. Safer, Professor of English, University of Delaware

"The articles in this collection are superb and well situated with a splendid and original introduction by Avery. This is a strong contribution to the fields of Jewish Literature, Jewish American literature, women's studies and Jewish women's literature." - Dan Walden, Professor Emeritus of American Studies, English and Comp.Lit., Penn State University; Editor, Studies in American Jewish Literature

'The scholars assembled in this collection are all cogent, effective writers. It was a pleasure to read this volume since the contributors understand the direction that much of Jewish-American literature is taking namely, to a deeper understandingof Jewish history, to Jewish languages (mainly Hebrew), to tradition in general, and to Jewish observance in particular.' - Sanford Pinsker, Professor Emeritus of Humanities, Franklin and Marshall College

Evelyn Avery is Professor of English and Director of Jewish Studies at Towson University.

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