Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship

by Louis Harap

Overview

There is so much to Louis Harap's three volumes, this extraordinary trilogy, that a reviewer can only hint at the depth, penetrating intelligence, research, and insight of the author. This is a monumental work. American Jewish Archives

This volume, the final one in a three-part series on the Jewish presence in twentieth-century American literature, first examines the special literary relationship of Blacks and Jews as exemplified in the writings of the two groups. Harap locates the historical roots of this relationship in Black folklore and history and finds illustrations of it in the work of Black novelists from Richard Wright to Paule Marshall. He examines the partial breakdown of this relationship in both social and literary terms during the 1970s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313253881
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/23/1987
Series:	Contributions in Ethnic Studies , #20
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1420L (what's this?)

About the Author

LOUIS HARAP, the former editor of Jewish Life, is currently on the editorial board of Jewish Currents.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword by Leonard W. Doob
Foreword by Jacob Rader Marcus
Preface
Special Black-Jewish Literary Relations
From Dialect Humor to Black Humor
Jews as Poets
The Jew in Drama
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index