Third Solitude : Tradition and Discontinuity in Jewish-Canadian Literature
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Third Solitude : Tradition and Discontinuity in Jewish-Canadian Literature
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| Abstract |
The author argues that Canadian-Jewish literature is characterized by the sense of homelessness and exile which dominated the writings of the father of Jewish-Canadian literature, Montreal poet and novelist A.M. Klein (1909-1972). He points out that Jewish Canadian writers are caught in a solitude that is neither English nor French, forcing them to wrestle with marginality and exile as they search for status and recognition in Canadian society. The author discusses this "third solitude" through an analysis of the works of Jewish-Canadian writers including Montrealers Irving Layton and Leonard Cohen, and Adele Wiseman, Eli Mandel, Jack Ludwig, Norman Levine, Monique Bosco, and Matt Cohen.
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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| Date |
1989
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| # of Pages |
vi-232p.
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| Language |
en
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| ISBN |
978-0-7735-0675-6
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| Citation |
Greenstein, Michael. Third Solitude : Tradition and Discontinuity in Jewish-Canadian Literature. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1989.
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