Telling the little secrets : American Jewish writing since the 1980s

Telling the little secrets : American Jewish writing since the 1980s / Janet Burstein.

Author/creator	Burstein, Janet
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, ©2006.
Description	xv, 264 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	American literature--Jewish authors --History and criticism. Judaism and literature--United States --History --20th century. American literature--20th century --History and criticism. Jews--United States --Intellectual life. Judaism in literature. Jews in literature.

Contents	Riddling identity : the gates of Roth -- Writing the pathos of belatedness : second generation memoirs -- Voice and mourning in the aftermath : second generation fictions -- Recalling "home" from exile : revisiting the past -- Portnoy's successors : gendered ethnicity and the embodying of Jewish men -- Becoming rubies : engendering Jewish women -- Midrash as undertow : looking back and moving on.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-248) and index.
LCCN	2005005454
ISBN	0299212408 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS153.J4 B868 2006	✔ Available	Place Hold