Chaim Potok - Confronting Modernity Through the Lens of Tradition

About the author

Daniel Walden is Professor Emeritus of American Studies, English, and Comparative Literature at The Pennsylvania State University. He founded the Jewish Studies Program at Penn State as well as the journal Studies in American Jewish Literature.

Summary

A collection of essays exploring the work of Jewish American novelist Chaim Potok, with emphasis on his efforts to reconcile the appeal of modernity and the pull of traditional Judaism.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Walden
• Assisted by: Daniel Walden (Editor), Walden Daniel (Editor)
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2014
• EAN: 9780271059822
• ISBN: 978-0-271-05982-2
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, Biography: arts & entertainment, Literature: history & criticism, Biography: arts and entertainment