Contemporary Jewish Writing in Europe

by Liska, Vivian; Nolden, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780253348753
• ISBN10: 0253348757
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-11-30
• Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Vivian Liska is Professor of German Literature and Director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. She is author of The Night of the Hymns: Paul Celan's Poems, 1938--1944 (in German).

Thomas Nolden is Professor of German at Wellesley College, where he directs the comparative literature program. He is author of In Lieu of Memory: Contemporary Jewish Writing in France.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Secret Affinities: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Austria	p. 1
Writing against Reconciliation: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Germany	p. 23
Remembering or Inventing the Past: Second-Generation Jewish Writers in the Netherlands	p. 43
Bonds with a Vanished Past: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Scandinavia	p. 62
Imagined Communities: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Great Britain	p. 90
A la recherche du Judaisme perdu: Contemporary Jewish Writing in France	p. 118
Ital'Yah Letteraria: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Italy	p. 139
Writing along Borders: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Hungary	p. 160
Making Up for Lost Time: Contemporary Jewish Writing in Poland	p. 176
De-Centered Writing: Aspects of Contemporary Jewish Writing in Russia	p. 192
List of Contributors	p. 213
Index	p. 217
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