Call It English: The Languages of Jewish American Literature

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Identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. This book traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, and cross-cultural translations.

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Identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. This book traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, and cross-cultural translations.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 20 Oct 2008
ISBN 10: 0691138443
ISBN 13: 9780691138442

Call It English: The Languages of Jewish American Literature

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$34.03

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$34.03

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