The Jewishness of Isaac Bashevis Singer

Guo Quiang Qiao

ISBN 10: 3906769747 / ISBN 13: 9783906769745

Published by Peter Lang, 2003

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book explores Jewishness in the writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer. The author makes a close examination of Singer's literary works, Judaism, Jewish history and related criticism to illustrate Singer's unique but ambiguous position in American Jewish literature. The book offers a discussion of Singer's modernity. Singer's Jewishness finds its major expression in challenging the notion of covenant and the concept of «the coming modern consciousness» of Spinoza's philosophy. The book also focuses on Singer's representation of Jewish assimilation in the past and present, both in Poland and in America and on the de-Americanisation of the Holocaust. After an examination of Singer's narrative strategies the author also discusses the similarities and diversities of four major American Jewish writers, Singer, Bellow, Malamud and Roth in terms of Jewish identity and Jewish historical consciousness.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Jewishness of Isaac Bashevis Singer
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3906769747
• ISBN 13: 9783906769745
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 15D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 381 grams

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Synopsis

This book explores Jewishness in the writings of Isaac Bashevis Singer. The author makes a close examination of Singer’s literary works, Judaism, Jewish history and related criticism to illustrate Singer’s unique but ambiguous position in American Jewish literature.
The book offers a discussion of Singer’s modernity. Singer’s Jewishness finds its major expression in challenging the notion of covenant and the concept of «the coming modern consciousness» of Spinoza’s philosophy. The book also focuses on Singer’s representation of Jewish assimilation in the past and present, both in Poland and in America and on the de-Americanisation of the Holocaust.
After an examination of Singer’s narrative strategies the author also discusses the similarities and diversities of four major American Jewish writers, Singer, Bellow, Malamud and Roth in terms of Jewish identity and Jewish historical consciousness.

About the Author

The Author: Guo Qiang Qiao was born in Qingdao, China. He obtained his BA from Qufu Normal University, his M.A. from Shandong University and his Ph.D. from the University of Nottingham (UK). He is professor of American Literature at Shanghai University.