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- American Jewish Fiction: A JPS Guide
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Jewish Publication Society
summary
This new volume in the JPS Guides series is a fiction reader’s dream: a guide to 125 remarkable works of fiction. The selection includes a wide range of classic American Jewish novels and story collections, from 1867 to the present, selected by the author in consultation with a panel of literary scholars and book industry professionals.
Roth, Mailer, Kellerman, Chabon, Ozick, Heller, and dozens of other celebrated writers are here, with their most notable works. Each entry includes a book summary, with historical context and background on the author.
Suggestions for further reading point to other books that match readers’ interests and favorite writers. And the introduction is a fascinating exploration of the history of and important themes in American Jewish Fiction, illustrating how Jewish writing in the U.S. has been in constant dialogue with popular entertainment and intellectual life.
Included in this guide are lists of book award winners; recommended anthologies; title, author, and subject indexes; and more.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. xv
- Introduction
- pp. 1-12
- 1 Differences (1867)
- pp. 13-14
- 3 Other Things Being Equal (1892)
- pp. 15-16
- 4 Joseph Zalmonah (1893)
- pp. 17-18
- 6 Children of Men (1903)
- pp. 19-20
- 7 Q.E.D. (1903)
- pp. 20-22
- 8 Motl, the Cantor’s Son (1907-16)
- pp. 22-23
- 9 The Tether (1908)
- pp. 23-24
- 11 The Chosen People (1917)
- pp. 26-27
- 12 Fanny Herself (1917)
- pp. 27-28
- 13 Salome of the Tenements (1923)
- pp. 28-29
- 14 Haunch, Paunch and Jowl (1923)
- pp. 29-30
- 16 Amerika (1927)
- pp. 32-33
- 17 The Island Within (1928)
- pp. 33-34
- 18 Arnold Levenberg (1928)
- pp. 34-35
- 19 Singermann (1929)
- pp. 36-37
- 20 Bottom Dogs (1929)
- pp. 37-38
- 21 Jews without Money (1930)
- pp. 38-39
- 22 By the Waters of Manhattan (1930)
- pp. 39-40
- 23 Thicker Than Water (1932)
- pp. 41-42
- 29 Tomorrow’s Bread (1938)
- pp. 48-49
- 30 As a Driven Leaf (1939)
- pp. 50-51
- 31 What Makes Sammy Run? (1941)
- pp. 51-52
- 33 The Family Carnovsky (1943)
- pp. 53-54
- 34 Focus (1945)
- pp. 54-55
- 35 Passage from Home (1946)
- pp. 55-56
- 36 Wasteland (1946)
- pp. 57-58
- 37 East River (1946)
- pp. 58-59
- 38 The Amboy Dukes (1947)
- pp. 59-60
- 39 My Glorious Brothers (1948)
- pp. 60-61
- 40 The Naked and the Dead (1948)
- pp. 62-63
- 42 A Stone for Danny Fisher (1952)
- pp. 64-65
- 44 Blessed Is the Land (1954)
- pp. 67-68
- 45 Marjorie Morningstar (1955)
- pp. 68-69
- 46 Compulsion (1956)
- pp. 69-70
- 47 Remember Me to God (1957)
- pp. 71-72
- 48 The Assistant
- pp. 72-73
- 49 Shadows on the Hudson (1957-58)
- pp. 73-74
- 50 Exodus (1958)
- pp. 74-75
- 52 The Pawnbroker (1961)
- pp. 77-78
- 53 Tell Me a Riddle (1961)
- pp. 78-79
- 55 Herzog (1964)
- pp. 80-81
- 56 To an Early Grave (1964)
- pp. 81-82
- 59 The Last Jew in America (1966)
- pp. 85-86
- 62 Waiting for the News (1969)
- pp. 89-90
- 63 Portnoy’s Complaint (1969)
- pp. 90-91
- 65 Bech, a Book (1970)
- pp. 93-94
- 66 The Book of Daniel (1971)
- pp. 94-95
- 68 Jacob’s Son (1971)
- pp. 97-98
- 69 The Pagan Rabbi and Other Stories
- pp. 98-99
- 71 My Name Is Asher Lev (1972)
- pp. 101-102
- 72 In the Days of Simon Stern (1973)
- pp. 102-103
- 73 Fear of Flying (1973)
- pp. 103-104
- 74 A Star in the Family (1975)
- pp. 105-106
- 75 My Own Ground (1976)
- pp. 106-107
- 78 A Weave of Women (1978)
- pp. 110-111
- 80 Good as Gold (1979)
- pp. 112-113
- 81 O My America! (1980)
- pp. 114-115
- 82 The Mind-Body Problem (1983)
- pp. 115-116
- 83 Hungry Hearts (1983)
- pp. 116-117
- 84 Disturbances in the Field (1983)
- pp. 118-119
- 85 Heartburn (1983)
- pp. 119-120
- 86 Mainland (1985)
- pp. 120-121
- 87 Her First American (1985)
- pp. 121-122
- 88 Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven (1986)
- pp. 123-124
- 89 The Ritual Bath (1986)
- pp. 124-125
- 90 The Shawl (1989)
- pp. 125-126
- 91 The Great Letter E (1990)
- pp. 127-128
- 92 He, She, and It (1991)
- pp. 128-129
- 93 Operation Shylock: A Confession (1993)
- pp. 129-130
- 94 The Prince of West End Avenue (1994)
- pp. 130-131
- 95 The Collected Stories (1994)
- pp. 132-133
- 96 Mr. Vertigo (1994)
- pp. 133-134
- 97 A Disturbance in One Place (1994)
- pp. 134-135
- 98 The Romance Reader (1995)
- pp. 135-136
- 99 While the Messiah Tarries (1995)
- pp. 137-138
- 100 Tales Out of School (1995)
- pp. 138-139
- 101 Mona in the Promised Land (1996)
- pp. 139-140
- 102 The Complete Stories (1997)
- pp. 140-141
- 103 The Puttermesser Papers (1997)
- pp. 141-142
- 104 American Pastoral (1997)
- pp. 142-143
- 105 Like Never Before (1998)
- pp. 143-144
- 106 Paradise, New York (1998)
- pp. 145-146
- 107 The Jew of New York (1998)
- pp. 146-147
- 109 The Ladies Auxiliary (1999)
- pp. 148-149
- 110 Moonlight on the Avenue of Faith (1999)
- pp. 150-151
- 112 Bee Season (2000)
- pp. 152-154
- 113 Days of Awe (2001)
- pp. 154-155
- 114 Paradise Park (2001)
- pp. 155-156
- 115 Everything Is Illuminated (2002)
- pp. 156-157
- 116 The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2002)
- pp. 158-159
- 117 Old School (2003)
- pp. 159-160
- 118 San Remo Drive
- pp. 160-161
- 119 The First Desire (2004)
- pp. 161-162
- 120 Joy Comes in the Morning (2004)
- pp. 163-164
- 121 Collected Stories (2004)
- pp. 164-165
- 122 The World to Come (2006)
- pp. 165-166
- 123 The Yiddish Policemen’s Union (2007)
- pp. 166-167
- 124 The Collected Stories (2007)
- pp. 168-169
- 125 Petropolis (2007)
- pp. 169-170
- C. Bibliographic Resources
- pp. 174-175
- Anthologies
- pp. 175-176
- E. American Jewish Literary Awards
- pp. 177-179
- Index by Author
- pp. 181-187
- Index by Title
- pp. 188-199
- Index by Subject
- pp. 200-206
Additional Information
ISBN
9780827610026
Related ISBN(s)
9780827608832
MARC Record
OCLC
794700951
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No