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SUZANNE M. STAUFFER
American Jewish Non-Fiction Books
1992-1993
ART AND LITERATURE
Four centuries of Jewish women’s spirituality: a sourcebook.
Ed. and with
intros, by Ellen Umansky and Dianne Ashton. Boston: Beacon,
1992. 350 p. Bibl., ix.
The work emphasizes recent decades, and includes prayers,
poems, ethical wills, sermons, sisterhood minutes, excerpts from
women’s organizational handbooks, and speeches to Jewish wom
en ’s organizations.
G
u n z b e r g
, L
y n n
M .
Strangers at home: Jews in the Italian literary imag
ination.
Berkeley: Univ. o f California Pr., 1992. 294 p. Bibl., ix.
Examines the depiction o f Jews in popular literature, from the
early 1800’s through 1938. Highly recommended.
I
sr a e l o w it z
, O
s c a r
.
Synagogues of the United States: a photographic and
architectural survey.
Brooklyn: Israelowitz, 1992. 199 p. Bibl., ix.
The Jews: a treasury of art and literature.
Ed. by Sharon R. Keller. New
York: Hugh Lauter Levin: dist. by Macmillan, 1992. 384 p. ix.
A historical survey which will appeal to the educated reader
interested in Judaism.
L
i c h t e n s t e i n
, D
ia n e
.
Writing their nations: the tradition of nineteenth-
century American Jewish women writers.
Bloomington: Indiana Univ.
Pr., 1992. 176 p. Bibl., ix.
Examines the works o f more than 25 19th-century female au
thors. Highly recommended.
P
in sk e r
, S
a n f o r d
.
Jewish American fiction, 1917-1987.
New York:
Twayne, 1992. 167 p. Bibl., ix. (Twayne’s United States authors
series: TUSAS 606)
Preachers of the Italian ghetto.
Ed. by David H. Ruderman. Berkeley:
Univ. o f California Pr., 1992. 168 p. Bibl., ix.
An introduction, overview, and analysis o f the methodology o f
Judah de Bene, Azariah Figo, and Leon Modena, 16th-17th cen
tury Italian preachers; especially explores the development o f the
eulogy.
R
e v el
- N
e h e r
, E
l i s a b e t h
.
The image of the Jew in Byzantine art.
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