Facing Black and Jew Literature As Public Space in Twentieth-Century America |
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Author:
| Newton, Adam Zachary |
Series title: | Cultural Margins Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-511-48319-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2009 |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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Book Format: | Digital download and online |
List Price: | AUD $200.00 |
Book Description:
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Reading the work of African American and Jewish American authors alongside and through one another, Adam Zachary Newton offers an original way of juxtaposing two major traditions in American literature and rethinking their sometimes vexed relationship. A final chapter addresses the Black/Jewish dimension of the O. J. Simpson trial.
Reading the work of African American and Jewish American authors alongside and through one another, Adam Zachary Newton offers an original way of juxtaposing two major traditions in American literature and rethinking their sometimes vexed relationship. A final chapter addresses the Black/Jewish dimension of the O. J. Simpson trial.