| Dreamer of the Ghetto: The Life and Works of Israel Zangwill First Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Udelson, Joseph H. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 081735171X ISBN-13: 9780817351717 Publisher: University Alabama Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1560 |
| Series: Judaic Studies (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6.1" W x 9.04" (1.10 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "An impressive achievement. . . . Udelson provides a trenchant analysis of Zangwill's works set within a historical context, i.e., Jewish emancipation and the dilemma of how one might remain fully Jewish while becoming fully modern, that helps to illuminate Zangwill's life as well as his writings." "By carefully following the threads of Zangwill's own divided self through the labyrinths of his life and writings, Udelson convinces us not only of the author's startling political prescience, but that he embodies attitudes now shared by almost all secular Jews as a result of events Zangwill did not witness Nazism and the founding of Israel." |