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Telling
the Little Secrets
Janet Burstein argues that American Jewish
writers since the 1980s have created a significant literature
by wrestling with the troubled legacy of trauma, loss, and exile.
Their ranks include Cynthia Ozick, Todd Gitlin, Art Spiegelman,
Pearl Abraham, Aryeh Lev Stollman, Jonathan Rosen, and Gerda
Lerner. Whether confronting the massive losses of the Holocaust,
the sense of "home" in exile, or the continuing power
of Jewish memory, these Jewish writers search for understanding
within "the little secrets" of their dark, complicated,
and richly furnished past. Janet Handler Burstein is professor of English at Drew University and chair of the Modern Literature section of the Association for Jewish Studies. She is the author of Writing Mothers, Writing Daughters: Tracing the Maternal in Stories by American Jewish Women. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.) |
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