 | Modern Jewish Literatures: Intersections and Boundaries Subjects: Jewish literature -- History and criticism; Hebrew literature -- History and criticism; Yiddish literature -- History and criticism; Jews -- Identity; Judaism and literature; Judaism in literature; Jews in literature; Is there such a thing as a distinctive Jewish literature? The authors of the fifteen essays in this volume find the answer in a shared endeavor to use literary production and writing in general as the laboratory in which to explore and represent Jewish experience in the modern world. Sheila E. Jelen teaches English and Jewish studies at the University of Maryland. Michael P. Kramer is Professor of English at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. L. Scott Lerner is Professor of French and Italian at Franklin and Marshall College. |
