Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II : "This Dark and Desperate Age"

Ralph Melnick

ISBN 10: 0814345042 / ISBN 13: 9780814345047

Editore: Wayne State University Press, 2018

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - An imposing literary figure in America and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, Ludwig Lewisohn (1882 1955) struggled with feelings of alienation in Christian America that were gradually resolved by his developing Jewish identity, a process reflected in hundreds of works of fiction, literary analysis, and social criticism.This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his 'unacceptable' opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.

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• Titolo: Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II : "This Dark and Desperate Age"
• Editore: Wayne State University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0814345042
• ISBN 13: 9780814345047
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 229 L x 152 A x 33 P (millimetri) 229 millimetri di larghezza per 152 millimetri di altezza per 33 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 887 grammi

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An imposing literary figure in America and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) struggled with feelings of alienation in Christian America that were gradually resolved by his developing Jewish identity, a process reflected in hundreds of works of fiction, literary analysis, and social criticism.

This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his ""unacceptable"" opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.