Author: Abraham CahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Yekl
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Immigrants
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Yekl
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776590813
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This classic account of the dark side of the immigration experience was the first book published by Abraham Cahan, who himself immigrated to the United States from Lithuania in early adulthood. Protagonist Jake Podkovnik is eager to shed all traces of his upbringing and ethnicity and embrace the American dream -- but his transformation has negative consequences that ripple further than anyone could have expected.
Yekl
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1625581343
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 99
Book Description
His first novel, Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto, was published in 1896. The graphic story of an Americanized Russo-Jewish immigrant, it attracted much attention and was favorably commented on by the press both in America and in England. W. D. Howells compared Cahan's work to that of Stephen Crane, and prophesied for him a successful literary future.
Yekl and the Imported Bridegroom and Other Stories of the New York Ghetto
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486122573
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Yekl (1896), the first novel upon which the much acclaimed film Hester Street was based, was probably the first novel in English that had a hero from the New York's East Side.
Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto" by Abraham Cahan. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The Imported Bridegroom
Author: Abraham CahanPublisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 177659083X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Abraham Cahan immigrated to the United States from Lithuania at the age of 21, and he enthusiastically adopted New York City as his hometown. In this charming collection of short stories, alternately humorous and gritty, the kaleidoscope of experiences of recent immigrants to the big city are chronicled in engrossing detail.
The Best Hanukkah Ever
Author: Barbara Diamond GoldinPublisher: Two Lions
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
When the Knoodle family tries to follow their rabbi's advice about giving the perfect gift, everything goes wrong and their Hanukkah seems ruined until the rabbi comes to straighten things out.
A. Sutzkever
Author: Abraham SutzkeverPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520065390
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
A collection of poetry and prose relates the author's thoughts on God, nature, love, war, and childhood memories
The Evolution of New York City¿s Multiculturalism: Melting Pot Or Salad Bowl
Author: Eva KolbPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3837093034
Category : Cultural pluralism
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
This book deals with the formation of New York City's multicultural character. It draws a sketch of the metropolis' first big immigration waves and describes the development of immigrants who entered the New World as foreigners and strangers and soon became one of the most essential parts of the city's very character. A main focus is laid upon the ambiguity of the immigrants' identity which is captured between assimilation and separation, and one of the most important questions the book deals with is whether the city can be seen as one of the world's greatest melting pots or just as a huge salad bowl inhabiting all kinds of different cultures. The book approaches this topic from an historical and a fictional point of view and concentrates on personal experiences of the immigrants as well as on the cultural impact immigration had on the megalopolis New York.
Modeling Citizenship
Author: Cathy Schlund-VialsPublisher: American Literatures Initiativ
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Navigating deftly among historical and literary readings, Cathy Schlund-Vials examines the analogous yet divergent experiences of Asian Americans and Jewish Americans in Modeling Citizenship. She investigates how these model minority groups are shaped by the shifting terrain of naturalization law and immigration policy, using the lens of naturalization, not assimilation, to underscore questions of nation-state affiliation and sense of belonging. Modeling Citizenship examines fiction, memoir, and drama to reflect on how the logic of naturalization has operated at discrete moments in the twentieth century. Each chapter focuses on two exemplary literary works. For example, Schlund-Vials shows how Mary Antin's Jewish-themed play The Promised Land is reworked into a more contemporary Chinese American context in Gish Jen's Mona in the Promised Land. In her compelling analysis, Schlund-Vials amplifies the structural, cultural, and historical significance of these works and the themes they address.