Biography, Literature and Literary Studies, History and Criticism
Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature

Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature

Hardback Published on: 05/04/2000
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Synopsis

A look at the Jewish gangster between the wars (focusing on the Russian writer, Isaac Babel, and Americans Gold, Ornitz, and Fuchs but also taking into consideration cartoons, movies, and modernist painting), Rubin sees the "gangster" as a way Jewish writers could examine their place in world literature.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press
  • ISBN: 9780252025396
  • Number of pages: 189
  • Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 20 mm
  • Weight: 513g
  • Languages: English