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The Modern Jewish Canon by Ruth R. Wisse

The Modern Jewish Canon

A Journey Through Language and Culture

Ruth R. Wisse

Simon & Schuster · Print & ebook · September 25, 2000

What makes a great Jewish book?

20th-Century Literary CriticismJewish Literary Criticism
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Who it’s for
Ruth R. Wisse considers what makes a book Jewish through twentieth-century literature.
Genres
Jewish Literary Criticism, 20th-Century Literary Criticism
Published
Simon & Schuster, September 25, 2000

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About this book

What makes a great Jewish book? In fact, what makes a book "Jewish" in the first place? Ruth R. Wisse eloquently fields these questions in The Modern Jewish Canon , her compassionate, insightful guide to the finest Jewish literature of the twentieth century. From Isaac Babel to Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elie Wiesel to Cynthia Ozick, Wisse's The Modern Jewish Canon is a book that every student of Jewish literature, and every reader of great fiction, will enjoy. Read more

Twentieth-Century Jewish Literature

Ruth R. Wisse considers what makes a book Jewish through twentieth-century literature.

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  • Questions about what makes a book Jewish
  • A guide to twentieth-century Jewish literature

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  • Work by Isaac Babel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Elie Wiesel, and Cynthia Ozick

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Jewish Literary Criticism100%
20th-Century Literary Criticism76%

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Publisher categories

  • Jewish Literary Criticism
  • Judaism
Authors
Ruth R. Wisse
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
September 25, 2000
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Jewish Literary Criticism