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Author Wisse, Ruth R.

Title The schlemiel as modern hero / [by] Ruth R. Wisse.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press [1971]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  810 W816S    Check Shelf
Description xi, 134 pages ; 22 cm
Note Originally presented as the author's thesis, McGill University, under title: The schlemiel as hero in Yiddish and American fiction.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [127]-130.
Contents Aspects of the character -- The evolution of a satire -- Ironic balance for psychic survival -- Holocaust survivor -- The American dreamer -- The schlemiel as liberal humanist -- Requiem in several voices.
Subject Schlemiels in literature.
Yiddish literature -- History and criticism.
American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.
Jewish fiction -- History and criticism.
Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Heroes in literature.
Jews in literature.
ISBN 0226903117
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