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The Ritual of New Creation : Jewish Tradition and Contemporary Literature SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
author
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Finkelstein, Norman.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0791410900
print isbn13
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9780791410905
ebook isbn13
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9780585054834
language
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English
subject
Jews--Intellectual life, Judaism--20th century, Bloom, Harold, Scholem, Gershom Gerhard,--1897- , Ozick, Cynthia--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism, Judaism and literature--History--20th century.
publication date
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1992
lcc
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DS113.F48 1992eb
ddc
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296.3/875
subject
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Jews--Intellectual life, Judaism--20th century, Bloom, Harold, Scholem, Gershom Gerhard,--1897- , Ozick, Cynthia--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism, Judaism and literature--History--20th century.
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SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and Culture
Sarah Blacher Cohen, Editor
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The Ritual of New Creation
Jewish Tradition and Contemporary Literature
Norman Finkelstein
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1992 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y. 12246
Production by Ruth Fisher Marketing by Dana E. Yanulavich
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Finkelstein, Norman, 1954 The Ritual of New Creation : Jewish tradition and contemporary literature / Norman Finkelstein. p. cm. (SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture) Includes index. ISBN 0-7914-1089-7 (CH : acid-free) ISBN 0-7914-1090-0 (pbk.: acid-free) 1. JewsIntellectual life. 2. Judaism20th century. 3. Bloom, Harold. 4. Scholem, Gershom Gerhard, 1897- . 5. Ozick, Cynthia Criticism and interpretation. 6. American literatureJewish authorsHistory and criticism. I. Title. II. Series. DS113.F48 1992 296.3'875dc2091-27776 CIP
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Only radically atheistic ages can thoroughly understand what constitutes not the privilege but the originality of Jewish culture. If only they do not miss its poetry! OLIVIER REVAULT D'ALLONNES
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for Ann and Steven
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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Introduction
1
1. Postmodernism and the Jewish Literary Intellectual
11
2. Harold Bloom; Or, the Sage of New Haven
27
3. Gershom Scholem and Literary Criticism
49
4. The Struggle for Historicity: Cynthia Ozick's Fiction
63
5. Lost and Found: Hollander, Mandelbaum, and the Poetry of Exile
79
6. Judaism and the Rhetoric of Authority: George Steiner's Textual Homeland
97
7. Walter Benjamin, Messianism, and Marxism: A Midrash
117
8. Nostalgia and Futurity: Jewish Literature in Transition
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