Examines the works of key Jewish American authors to explore how the concept of identity is put to work by identity-based literary study.

Examines the works of key Jewish American authors to explore how the concept of identity is put to work by identity-based literary study.

Mark Twain asked a simple question: "All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality? None of th

Benjamin Schreier argues that Jewish American literature's dominant cliché of "breakthrough"—that is, the irruption into the heart of the American cultural s