By Warren Hoffman
With clean perception Hoffman examines the 1907 Yiddish play God of Vengeance by means of Sholem Asch, the cross-dressing movies of Yiddish actress Molly Picon, and a number of other brief tales by means of Isaac Bashevis Singer. He additionally analyzes the English-language novels the increase of David Levinsky (Abraham Cahan), wilderness (Jo Sinclair), and Portnoy's criticism (Phillip Roth). Hoffman highlights the ways that the characters in those canonical texts try to "pass" as white, instantly, and American within the early and midâ?"twentieth century. This pioneering paintings is a welcome contribution to the research of Jewish American literature and culture.
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