THE MODERN JEWISH CANNON

RUTH R. WISSE

ISBN 10: 0684830752 / ISBN 13: 9780684830759

Published by Free Press, N.Y., 2000

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A fine, clean and tight copy in a fine jacket/brodart covered. First Edition. A very nice copy. No bumped corners to book. No tears, no chips to jacket. No signatures or other marks.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE MODERN JEWISH CANNON
• Publisher: Free Press, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684830752
• ISBN 13: 9780684830759
• Binding: HARDCOVER
• Edition: FIRST EDITION.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

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Synopsis

Analyzes the major literary works by Jewish authors to chronicle the history of twentieth century Judiaism.

About the Author

Ruth R. Wisse is the Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University. Born in Romania and raised in Montreal, she was the first professor to introduce courses in Yiddish literature at McGill University, where she helped to found the Jewish Studies Department in the late 1960s. She has written and edited eight previous books on Jewish literature and culture. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.