In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s
In the Mainstream represents the second in a multi-volume study of the Jewish American as both writer and character in our nation's literature. This book focuses on the period from 1950 to the 1980s. The author provides abundant evidence that by the end of the 1950s, Jewish writers had achieved full status in the realm of American fiction. His study examines precursors and strains of influence relating to this development, with special attention to the influence occasioned by Menorah Jourbanal, Partisan Review, and Commentary.
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In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s
In the Mainstream represents the second in a multi-volume study of the Jewish American as both writer and character in our nation's literature. This book focuses on the period from 1950 to the 1980s. The author provides abundant evidence that by the end of the 1950s, Jewish writers had achieved full status in the realm of American fiction. His study examines precursors and strains of influence relating to this development, with special attention to the influence occasioned by Menorah Jourbanal, Partisan Review, and Commentary.
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In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s

In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s

by Louis Harap
In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s

In the Mainstream: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Literature, 1950s-1980s

by Louis Harap

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In the Mainstream represents the second in a multi-volume study of the Jewish American as both writer and character in our nation's literature. This book focuses on the period from 1950 to the 1980s. The author provides abundant evidence that by the end of the 1950s, Jewish writers had achieved full status in the realm of American fiction. His study examines precursors and strains of influence relating to this development, with special attention to the influence occasioned by Menorah Jourbanal, Partisan Review, and Commentary.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313253874
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 04/21/1987
Series: Contributions in Ethnic Studies , #19
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile: 1440L (what's this?)

About the Author

LOUIS HARAP, 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
Thread of Influence: From Menorah Jourbanal to Partisan Review to Commentary
The Jewish Decade: The 1950s
The Critics: Trilling, Rahv, Kazin, Fiedler, Howe
A Literature of Alienation: Schwartz and Rosenfeld
From Life to Limbo: Saul Bellow
From Shlemihl to Mentsh: Bernard Malamud
Confessions of Philip Roth
The Jew Manqué: Norman Mailer
The Religious Trend
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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