Crisis and covenant : the Holocaust in American Jewish fiction - Berger, Alan L., 1939- (Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, 1985)
Front Matter -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Content -- 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 -- 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 -- Holocaust Responses I:Judaism As A ReligiousValue System -- The Holocaust and American Diaspora Jewry -- Hasidic Tales -- Considering the Evidence -- Arthur A. Cohen -- Cynthia Ozick -- Hugh Nissenson -- Elie Wiesel -- Isaac Bashevis Singer -- 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 -- Holocaust Responses III:Symbolic Judaism -- Considering The Evidence -- Philip Roth -- Richard Elman -- Edward Lewis Wallant -- Norma Rosen -- Bernard Malamud -- Conclusion -- Holocaust And Covenant -- The Central Question for Contemporary Judaism -- Holocaust Fiction Lato Sensu -- Problems and Possibilities -- Back Matter -- Notes -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-218) and index.
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Keywords: American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism; Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in literature; Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Jews in literature; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Roman américain -- Auteurs juifs -- Histoire et critique; Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Holocauste, 1939-1945.; Alliance (Théologie juive); Judaïsme et littérature -- États-Unis -- Histoire -- 20e siècle.; Holocauste, 1939-1945, dans la littérature.; Covenants -- Aspect religieux -- Judaïsme.; Juifs dans la littérature.; LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General; American fiction; American fiction -- Jewish authors; Covenants -- Religious aspects -- Judaism; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) in literature; Jews in literature; Judaism and literature; United States; Roman américain -- Auteurs juifs -- Histoire et critique; Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique; Juifs -- Extermination (1939-1945) dans la littérature.; Alliance (théologie juive); 1900-1999; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History