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Poetry of Secular Memorialization: Charles Reznikoff’s “Kaddish” and George Oppen’s “in Memoriam Charles Reznikoff” 世俗记忆的诗歌：雷兹尼科夫的《卡迪什》和乔治·奥本的《在记忆中的雷兹尼科ff》

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2017-03-07 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.36.1.0071

Joseph Ballan

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Bernard Malamud in Italy: Moral Courage and the Choice of Being Jewish in “The Lady of the Lake” 伯纳德·马拉穆德在意大利：《湖上的女人》中的道德勇气与身为犹太人的选择

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2017-03-07 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.36.1.0040

Samuel Kessler

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Women in Mordecai Richler’s Novels: Is There a Problem? 莫迪凯·里奇勒小说中的女性:有问题吗?

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0178

Shana Rosenblatt Mauer

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The Sound of “New Jews”: David Rakoff and Jonathan Goldstein 《新犹太人之声》:大卫·拉科夫和乔纳森·戈德斯坦

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0233

Josh Lambert

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The Geography of Memory: Haunting and Haunted Landscapes in Contemporary Canadian Jewish Writing 记忆的地理:当代加拿大犹太人写作中令人难以忘怀的风景

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0216

Sara R. Horowitz

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“Sparks that reach far into the past and spin toward the future”: The Historical Turn in Recent Novels by Susan Glickman, Nancy Richler, and Rhea Tregebov “火花延伸到遥远的过去，旋转到未来”:苏珊·格利克曼、南希·里奇勒和瑞亚·特雷格波夫的《近代小说中的历史转折》

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0224

R. Panofsky

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A Kaddish for the Father: Régine Robin and the “impossible work of mourning” 献给天父的祈祷:罗宾和“不可能完成的哀悼工作”

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0200

Katherine R. Kellett

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Traitors in love: The Spanish Civil War Romance Novel in Jewish North America 恋爱中的叛徒:北美犹太人的西班牙内战浪漫小说

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-08-16 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.2.0147

E. Sharpe

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“Enta Omri, You Are My Life”: Embracing the Arab Self in André Aciman’s Harvard Square “Enta Omri，你是我的生命”:拥抱哈佛广场上的阿拉伯自我

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-04-04 DOI: 10.5325/STUDAMERJEWILITE.35.1.0033

Joyce Zonana

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Guest Editors’ Introduction 特邀编辑介绍

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Studies in American Jewish Literature Pub Date : 2016-04-04 DOI: 10.5325/goodsociety.29.1-2.vi

D. Kandiyoti, Dean J. Franco

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