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Our Decentralized Literature : Cultural Mediations in Selected Jewish and Southern Writers by Jules Chametzky (1986, Trade Paperback)

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Title: Our Decentralized Literature. Genre: Literary Criticism. Format: Paperback. Missing Information?. Condition: New. Release Date: 08/30/1986.

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How have American writers functioned as cultural mediators--as agents who bring together the fragments of a diverse society and as artists who invent their culture for new audiences? In particular, how have Jewish and Southern writers fulfilled this role as they strove to move from positions of marginality toward the center of American literary culture and to gain access to the institutions of cultural dominance? These are some of the questions addressed in this stimulating collection of essays. Jules Chametzky examines the work of Abraham Cahan, Charles Chestnutt, Kate Chopin, I.B. Singer, Edward Dahlberg, Elmer Rice, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, Mark Twain, George Washington Cable, Thomas Wolfe, and William Styron, among others. He raises three basic and interrelated issues: first, the question of language; second, ethnic and regional particularities as crucial aspects of twentieth-century American culture; third, the role and strategy of the 'marginal' writer as he or she struggles with these elements within the wider social context. In the process, Chametzky deftly explores the ways in which each writer transforms his or her experiences to create a new sense of being "on native ground."

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Publisher
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
ISBN-10
0870235400
ISBN-13
9780870235405
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1038183

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Author
Jules Chametzky
Publication Name
Our Decentralized Literature : Cultural Mediations in Selected Jewish and Southern Writers
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1986
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
168 Pages

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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps153.J4c46 1986
Grade from
College Graduate Student
Reviews
"A superb book, the rich harvest of brilliant career of mediation, scholarship, and criticism of 'ethnic' literature and culture, by one of the best minds in American Studies. I believe the book will have a broad and lasting impact on the entire field."--Sacvan Bercovitch "Chametzky works confidently in that region where culture and literature, history, and the imagination interest and has mastered an impressive range of historical facts and social currents without ever losing sight of their imaginative mythic dimensions. At his best, Chametzky demonstrates a master's grasp of his chosen terrain. He also--and this is no small matter--writes, a claim, reasoned, and lucid prose."--Mark Shechner
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Subjects & Themes / Religion, American / General, Jewish
Lccn
86-001259
Dewey Decimal
810/.9/8924
Dewey Edition
19
Genre
Literary Criticism, History

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