Search results for "Jewish-American Literature"

Bones and blood: family ties and the experience of immigration in Anzia Yezierska's “Bread givers” and Fae Myenne Ng's “Bone”

1996

Doctorow, E. L. (1931-2015)

2021

E. L. Doctorow was one of the most important novelists of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This essay outlines his literary career, highlighting his significant works, the historical context in which he wrote and was first read and the enduring significance of his writing.

Yezierska, Anzia (1880-1970)

2021

Anzia Yezierska è un' ebrea Polacca immigrata negli Stati Uniti. Nei primi anni '20, fu una delle prime scrittrici a portare storie di donne ebree immigrate ad un pubblico americano mainstream. Questo saggio traccia le tappe della carriera e della produzione letteraria dell'autrice con particolare attenzione al contesto storico in cui scrisse e fu ricevuta dal pubblico a lei contemporaneo e all'importanza della sua scrittura per le generazioni successive. Anzia Yezierska was a Jewish immigrant from Poland. In the early 1920s, she was the first writer to bring stories of Jewish immigrant women to a mainstream audience. This essay outlines her literary career, highlighting her significant wor…

Bread Givers, Anzia Yezierska (1925)

2021

This essay analyzes Anzia Yezierska's novel "Bread Givers" (1925) its critical reception from presentation to the present day, the historical context of its production and reception and its enduring significance.