Burstein, Janet.

Telling the little secrets American Je wish writing since the 1980's / [electronic resource] : Janet Burstein. - Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2006. - 264 p. ; 24 cm. - ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Riddling identity : the gates of Roth -- Writing the pathos of belat edness : second generation memoirs -- Voice and mourning in the afterma th : second generation fictions -- Recalling "home" from exile -- Portn oy's successors : gendered ethnicity and the embodying of Jewish men -- Becoming rubies : engendering Jewish women -- Midrash as undertow : lo oking back and moving forward.


Electronic text and image data.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing,
2009.
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([ACLS Humanities E-Book])
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American literature-- Jewish authors-- History and criticism.
Judaism and literature-- History-- United States-- 20th century.
American literature-- History and criticism.-- 20th century
Jews-- Intellectual life.-- United States
Judaism in literature.
Jews in literature.