Explores how Jewish American writers have grappled with the enormity of the Holocaust.
Das E-Book Crisis and Covenant wird angeboten von State University of New York Press und wurde mit folgenden Begriffen kategorisiert:
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1. Introduction: Jewish Existence
Covenant Transformations
Covenant and Modernity
The Contemporary Covenantal Crisis
Literary Response to Covenant Crisis
American Judaism and the Holocaust
Contributions of American Jewish Holocaust Novelists
2. Holocaust as Watershed
Holocaust Problematics
Theological Responses
Theology and Literature
Is the Holocaust Beyond Artistic Expression?
Who Should Write of the Holocaust?
Trivializing the Holocaust
American Jewish Writers and the Holocaust: A Critique
The Role of the American Jewish Novelist
3. Holocaust Responses I: Judaism as a Religious Value System
The Holocaust and American Diaspora Jewry
Hasidic Tales
Considering the Evidence
Arthur A. Cohen
Cynthia Ozick
Hugh Nissenson
Elie Wiesel
Isaac B. Singer
Conclusion
4. Holocaust Responses II: Judaism as a Secular Value System
Considering the Evidence
Bernard Malamud
Saul Bellow
Susan F. Schaeffer
Cynthia Ozick
Pre-Holocaust America: Jewish Existence and Covenant Diminishment
Hugh Nissenson
Robert Kotlowitz
Conclusion
5. Holocaust Responses III: Symbolic Judaism
Considering the Evidence
Philip Roth
Richard Elman
Edward Lewis Wallant
Norma Rosen
Bernard Malamud
Conclusion
6. Holocaust and Covenant
The Central Question for Contemporary Judaism
Holocaust Fiction Lato Sensu
Problems and Possibilities
Notes
Index
Sobre el autor
Alan L. Berger teaches in the Department of Religion and directs the interdisciplinary Jewish Studies Program at Syracuse University. His essays on Holocaust fiction and pedagogy, Jewish mysticism, and the sociology of Judaism appear in a variety of places. He has also written study guides for
Alinsky’s Children, a film project dealing with children of Holocaust survivors.