The Modern Jewish Canon

A Journey Through Language and Culture

• Author(s): Ruth R. Wisse,
• Publisher: Free Press
• Pages: 395
• ISBN_10: 0684830752
  ISBN_13: 9780684830759
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / Jewish , Religion / Judaism / General ,

Description:... The first book to set forth the criteria for canonizing Jewish literature, "The Modern Jewish Canon" takes a chronological journey across the boundaries of language and culture, penetrating the complexities of Jewish experience through the greatest Jewish novels of modern times. Index. Bibliography.