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Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters by Maya Barzilai (review) 《魔像:现代战争及其怪物》玛雅·巴兹莱著(书评)

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-09-08 DOI: 10.1353/ajs.2019.0072

Temma F. Berg

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"First Connections With Stagecraft": S. N. Behrman Finds His Vocation “与舞台艺术的第一次联系”:s·n·贝尔曼找到了他的职业

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-09-08 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.2.0145

Kent P. Ljungquist

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Evangelical and Progressive Inscriptions in Mary Antin's Autobiographical Discourse 玛丽·安廷自传话语中的福音派与进步派铭文

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-09-08 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.2.0173

Mihai Mîndra

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Open-Ended Questions: Exploring Jewish American Identity in Theatre and Film in The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature 开放式问题:在剑桥犹太美国文学史中探索戏剧和电影中的犹太美国人身份

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0087

Heather S. Nathans

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The Future of Jewish American Literature: Notes from a Recovering Snob 美国犹太文学的未来:一个正在康复的势利者的笔记

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0101

A. Mintz

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Mapping Jewish American Literary Studies in the New Century 新世纪犹太裔美国文学研究的映射

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0093

Donald Weber

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The Forgetting of Cora Wilburn: Historical Amnesia and The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature 遗忘科拉·威尔伯恩:历史健忘症与剑桥犹太美国文学史

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0073

J. Sarna

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The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature: Three Prequels 剑桥犹太美国文学史:三个前传

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0057

M. P. Kramer

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The Power of Words: The Biblical Abishag in Contemporary American Jewish Women's Poetry 话语的力量：当代美国犹太女性诗歌中的圣经Abishag

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.37.1.0021

Anat Koplowitz-Breier

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Parking the Ark in Niagara Falls: Mordecai Manuel Noah and the Imposition of Meaning in Jewish American Literary History 在尼亚加拉大瀑布停泊方舟:莫迪凯·曼努埃尔·诺亚和美国犹太文学史上意义的强加

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2018-03-09 DOI: 10.5325/studamerjewilite.37.1.0069

Michael Hoberman

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