Warren Rosenberg is professor of English at Wabash College.
"An original and creative, brilliantly researched, ingeniously
thought out, quite readable, and strongly felt work that satisfies
a felt need for such a study in academic and scholarly circles as
well as in the broader popular culture."--Sam B. Girgus, author of
The New Convenant: Jewish Writers and the American Idea
"Rosenberg's analyses of his chosen texts are consistently
sensitive, subtle, and often surprising. His eye for
ambivalence--which he shows arises from his own--is very keen. An
original and productive book."--Paul Breines, author of Tough Jews:
Political Fantasies and the Moral Dilemma of American Jewry
"Rosenberg (English, Wabash Coll.) here considers how Jewish
masculinity has been perceived through literature and film. After
examining the Hebrew Scriptures, he devotes the main part of his
study to the works of 20th-century American Jewish writers,
including Norman Mailer, Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Cynthia
Ozick, and Philip Roth. The author claims that Roth has been the
most outspoken in his depiction of the nonviolent and almost
passive American Jewish male. Rosenberg tries to counter this
notion as he explores an ambivalent tradition that includes images
of both warrior and peacemaker. He suggests new images culled from
the works by Ozick and Tony Kushner that speak of renewal and
transformation. The author frequently uses his own experience to
highlight a theme, as when he details his passionate reaction to
how filmmaker Stephen Spielberg portrayed an American soldier who
is Jewish in Saving Private Ryan. Recommended for libraries with
strong holdings in Jewish studies or sociology."--Library Journal
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