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001			on1147932425
003			OCoLC
005			20201029143110.0
008			200323s2020 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2020013974
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019			_a1137840814 _a1192359873 _a1197982126
020			_a9780393652406 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0393652408 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1147932425 _z(OCoLC)1137840814 _z(OCoLC)1192359873 _z(OCoLC)1197982126
042			_apcc
092			_a809.8892 _bK61
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aKirsch, Adam, _d1976- _eauthor. _9121769
245	1	4	_aThe blessing and the curse : _bthe Jewish people and their books in the twentieth century / _cAdam Kirsch.
250			_aFirst edition.
263			_a2010
264		1	_aNew York : _bW. W. Norton & Company, _c[2020]
300			_axiv, 279 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [259]-262) and index.
520			_a"An erudite and accessible survey of Jewish life and culture in the twentieth century, as reflected in seminal texts. Following The People and the Books, which "covers more than 2,500 years of highly variegated Jewish cultural expression" (Robert Alter, New York Times), formidable and perceptive literary critic Adam Kirsch now turns to the salient works of modern Jewish thought. From the vast emigration of Jews out of Eastern Europe to the Holocaust to the creation of Israel, the twentieth century transformed Jewish life. This was true, also, of writing: the novels, plays, poems, and memoirs of Jewish writers provided intimate access to new worlds of experience. Here Kirsch navigates four themes that shaped the twentieth century in Jewish literature and culture: Europe, America, Israel, and the endeavor to reconfigure Judaism as a modern faith. Reading writers ranging from Franz Kafka to Philip Roth, Anne Frank to Tony Kushner, Hannah Arendt to Judith Plaskow, Kirsch's scope is wide and his observations diverse. Insightful and engaging, The Blessing and the Curse brings the Jewish experience vividly to life"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aJewish literature _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aJudaism _y20th century.
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