Full Description
With contributions from a dozen American and European scholars, this volume presents an overview of Jewish writing in post-World War II Europe. Striking a balance between close readings of individual texts and general surveys of larger movements and underlying themes, the essays portray Jewish authors across Europe as writers and intellectuals of multiple affiliations and hybrid identities. Aimed at a general readership and guided by the idea of constructing bridges across national cultures, this book maps for English-speaking readers the productivity and diversity of Jewish writers and writing that has marked a revitalization of Jewish culture in France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, and Russia.
Contents
Contents
Foreword by Alvin H. Rosenfeld
Acknowledgments
IntroductionThomas Nolden and Vivian Liska
1. Secret Affinities: Contemporary Jewish Writing in AustriaVivian Liska
2. Writing against Reconciliation: Contemporary Jewish Writing in GermanyStephan Braese
3. Remembering or Inventing the Past: Second-Generation Jewish Writers in the NetherlandsElrud Ibsch
4. Bonds with a Vanished Past: Contemporary Jewish Writing in ScandinaviaEva Ekselius
5. Imagined Communities: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Great BritainBryan Cheyette
6. A la recherche du Judaïsme perdu: Contemporary Jewish Writing in FranceThomas Nolden
7. Ital'Yah Letteraria: Contemporary Jewish Writing in ItalyChristoph Miething
8. Writing along Borders: Contemporary Jewish Writing in HungaryPéter Varga with Thomas Nolden
9. Making Up for Lost Time: Contemporary Jewish Writing in PolandMonika Adamczyk-Garbowska
10. De-Centered Writing: Aspects of Contemporary Jewish Writing in RussiaRainer Grübel and Vladimir Novikov
List of Contributors
Index
