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OLD TRUTHS AND NEW CLICHES

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Publication details: New Jersy Princeton University Press 2022/01/01Edition: 1Description: 238ISBN:
  • 9780691217635
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 839.143 SIN/OL
Contents:
Writers don't write for the drawer: an introduction to the Essays of Isaac Bashevis Singer The Literary arts. The Satan of our time Journalism and literature Why literary censorship is harmful Who needs literature? Old truths and new clichés Storytelling and literature Literature for children and adults Yiddish and Jewish life. The Kabbalah and modern times The Ten Commandments and modern critics The spirit of Judaism Yiddish, the language of exile Yiddish Theater lives, despite the past Yiddish and Jewishness Personal writings and philosophy. A trip to the circus Why I write as I do: The philosophy and definition of a Jewish writer A personal concept of religion A story about a collection of stories The making of a first book To the true protester
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"This volume collects eighteen essays by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991), who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. A prolific author of fiction, memoir, and criticism, Singer wrote primarily in Yiddish, but he translated several dozen of his essays into English to present as lectures at colleges and synagogues throughout his life, especially during the 1960s. Despite his plans to collect and publish these essays before his death, they remained scattered among his other papers when they were donated to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas. David Stromberg, the editor for the Singer estate, has selected essays that represent Singer's fullest treatment of topics he engaged with throughout his life. The volume begins with an autobiographical note, followed by essays grouped by theme: The Literary Arts, Yiddish and Jewish Life, and Personal Writings and Philosophy. Most of the selected essays were originally published in Yiddish or delivered as lectures but have never been published in English before, nor have they been collected in any language. In his introduction, Stromberg explains that in assembling the collection he has tried to include essays that "express a central element of Singer's intellectual foundation - a testament to the spirit and intellect of his artistic vision." In an afterword, Stromberg provides further details on Singer's editorial process and the challenges his archive presents for contemporary scholars and editors"

Writers don't write for the drawer: an introduction to the Essays of Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Literary arts. The Satan of our time
Journalism and literature
Why literary censorship is harmful
Who needs literature?
Old truths and new clichés
Storytelling and literature
Literature for children and adults
Yiddish and Jewish life. The Kabbalah and modern times
The Ten Commandments and modern critics
The spirit of Judaism
Yiddish, the language of exile
Yiddish Theater lives, despite the past
Yiddish and Jewishness
Personal writings and philosophy. A trip to the circus
Why I write as I do: The philosophy and definition of a Jewish writer
A personal concept of religion
A story about a collection of stories
The making of a first book
To the true protester

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