Publication

2004-08-31 - University of Washington Press

Language

English

Word Count

52,250 words, Guess

Page Count

209 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • LCCPN842.S73 2004

Description

"Autobiographical Jews examines the nature of autobiographical writing by Jews from antiquity to the present, and the ways in which such writings can legitimately be used as sources for Jewish history. Drawing on current literary theory, which questions the very nature of autobiographical writing and its relationship to what we normally designate as the truth, and, to a lesser extent, the new cognitive neurosciences, Michael Stanislawski analyzes a number of crucial and complex autobiographical texts written by Jews through the ages."--BOOK JACKET.

First Sentence

The problem I discuss in these essays is the nature of autobiographical writing by Jews over the centuries, and specifically the ways in which such writings can legitimately be used as sources for Jewish history.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Autobiographical Jews: Essays in Jewish Self-Fashioning (Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies)HardcoverUniversity of Washington Press2004-08-31

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