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Understanding Contemporary American Literature Series
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ume to a single author. With the exception of the four series,
we have tried to provide annotation for every book we could
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I. Bibliography and Encyclopedia
C r o n in , G l o r i a L., B l a in e H . H a l l
and
C o n n ie Lamb.
Jewish-American
Fiction Writers: A Selective Annotated Bibliography.
New York: Gar
land, 1991. 1233 p.
Contains primary and secondary sources for sixty-two
American-Jewish fiction writers for whom no individual bibliog
raphies exist. Includes fiction writers from the nineteenth century
to the contemporary period. Lists reviews, articles, chapters, in
terviews, biographical sources, bibliographies, and dissertations.
Volume is selective.
F i s h e l , J a c k
and
S a n f o r d P in sk e r ,
eds.
J ewish-American History and
Culture: An Encyclopedia.
Hamden: Garland, 1992. 710 p.
A reference work that attempts to present a variety o f aspects
o f the Jewish experience in America, such as religious institutions,
communal organizations, secular activities, cultural contributions,
and specific individuals. Sections on American Jewish literature,
authors, and literary criticism.
II. General
B a um g a r t e n , M u r r a y .
City Scriptures: Modem Jewish Writing.
Cam
bridge: Harvard UP, 1982. 185 p.
An investigation o f the urban situation o f the contemporary Jew.
The city is seen as a bridge from tradition to modernity. Traces
the influence o f urban life on American writers from Bellow to
Roth and on non-Americans, including Singer, Agnon, Kafka, and
Babel.
B lo om , A l e x a n d e r .
Prodigal Sons: The New York Intellectuals and Their
World.
New York: Oxford UP, 1986. 461 p.
In a general discussion o f the history o f the “New York Intel
lectuals,” the book deals with both writers and literary critics, such
as Saul Bellow, Delmore Schwartz, Irving Howe, Alfred Kazin,
and Philip Rahv.
C h am e tzk y , J u l e s .
Our Decentralized Literature: Cultural Mediations in
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