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The blessing and the curse : the Jewish people and their books in the twentieth century / Adam Kirsch.
"An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which 'covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression' (Robert Alter, New York Times), formidable and perceptive literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the salient works of modern Jewish thought. From the vast emigration of Jews out of Eastern Europe to the Holocaust to the creation of Israel, the twentieth century transformed Jewish life. This was true, also, of writing: the novels, plays, poems, and memoirs of Jewish writers provided intimate access to new worlds of experience. Here Kirsch navigates four themes that shaped the twentieth century in Jewish literature and culture: Europe, America, Israel, and the endeavor to reconfigure Judaism as a modern faith. Reading writers ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Anne Frank to Tony Kushner, Hannah Arendt to Judith Plaskow, Kirsch's scope is wide and his observations diverse. Insightful and engaging, The Blessing and the Curse brings the Jewish experience vividly to life"-- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9780393652406
- ISBN: 0393652408
- Physical Description: 279 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Subject: | Jewish literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Judaism > 20th century. |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kansas City Public Library | 809.9335 KIRSCH 2020 (Text) | 0001002374153 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
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Table of Contents
The Blessing and the Curse : The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | p. ix | |
| I | Europe: The Future Disappears | |
| The Road into the Open by Arthur Schnitzler and The Trial Franz Kafka | p. 3 | |
| Red Cavalry Isaac Babel | p. 15 | |
| Satan in Goray Isaac Bashevis Singer | p. 22 | |
| The Diary of Victor Klemperer | p. 29 | |
| The Diary of Anne Frank | p. 38 | |
| Night Elie Wiesel | p. 46 | |
| Survival in Auschwitz Primo Levi | p. 54 | |
| Eichmann in Jerusalem Hannah Arendt | p. 62 | |
| II | America: At Home in Exile | |
| The Rise of David Levinsky Abraham Cahan | p. 73 | |
| Bread Givers Anzia Yezierska | p. 81 | |
| Stories by Delmore Schwartz and A Walker in the City Alfred Kazin | p. 87 | |
| The Adventures of Augie March and The Victim Saul Bellow | p. 96 | |
| Stories Bernard Malamud | p. 105 | |
| Goodbye, Columbus and Portnoy's Complaint Philip Roth | p. 112 | |
| Stories Grace Paley | p. 123 | |
| Stories Cynthia Ozick | p. 129 | |
| Angels in America Tony Kushner | p. 138 | |
| III | Israel: Life in a Dream | |
| Only Yesterday S. Y. Agnon | p. 147 | |
| The Diary of Hannah Senesh | p. 156 | |
| Khirbet Khizeh S. Yizhar | p. 162 | |
| Where the Jackals Howl Amos Oz | p. 169 | |
| See Under: Love David Grossman | p. 179 | |
| Mr | Mani A. B. Yehoshua | p. 188 |
| Dolly City Orly Castel-Bloom | p. 194 | |
| Poems Yehuda Amichai | p. 198 | |
| IV | Making Judaism Modern | |
| Three Addresses on Judaism Martin Buber | p. 205 | |
| Religion of Reason out of the Sources of Judaism Hermann Cohen | p. 211 | |
| Judaism as a Civilization Mordecai Kaplan | p. 220 | |
| Halakhic Man Joseph Soloveitchik | p. 229 | |
| God in Search of Man Abraham Joshua Heschel | p. 237 | |
| To Mend the World Emil Fackenheim | p. 245 | |
| Standing Again at Sinai Judith Plaskow | p. 253 | |
| Select Bibliography | p. 259 | |
| Index | p. 263 |
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