In this Book
- Beyond Marginality: AngloJewish Literature After the Holocaust
- Book
- 1985
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
summary
In a unique study of AngloJewish writers in the postwar period, Dr. Sicher traces through their works the story of the rise of the Jewish community from slum poverty to suburban affluence. This period is one of crucial social change in Britain. At the same time, Dr. Sicher raises serious questions about the modern writer’s cultural and ethnic identity. In this process, Dr. Sicher advances the thesis that, under the impetus of the Holocaust, the more traditional conflict between Jewish roots and assimilation has been succeeded by a reassessment of identity and morality. Dr. Sicher’s perspective on this particular period of literature is a highly original one and it should provoke creative reconsideration of other contexts and times as well.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-viii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xv
- Writers in the Isles
- East
- East—North-East
- North-West
- After
- Chapter Eight The Poetry of Survival
- pp. 153-168
Additional Information
ISBN
9781438419947
MARC Record
OCLC
42855826
Pages
235
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No