Jewish gangsters of modern literature / Rachel Rubin

Englisch

Urbana [u.a.] : Univ. of Illinois Press, 2000

XIII, 189 S : Ill

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167] - 181) and index

0-252-02539-3

*USA / Literatur / Krimineller / Juden

*Babelʹ, I -- (Isaak) -- 1894-1940 -- Characters -- Jewish criminals ; Ornitz, Samuel -- 1890-1957 -- Haunch, paunch, and jowl ; Fuchs, Daniel -- 1909-1993 -- Characters -- Jewish criminals ; Gold, Michael -- 1894-1967 -- Jews without money ; American fiction -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism ; Judaism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Jewish criminals in literature ; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism ; Jews -- United States -- Intellectual life ; Gangsters in literature ; Jews in literature

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PS374.J48

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: [21] 813/.540935203924

Acknowledgments -- Note on transliteration -- Introduction : the dream of his kingdom -- Imagine you are a tiger : a new folk hero in Babel's Odessa tales -- Sordid generation : plundering ethnic culture in Samuel Ornitz's Haunch paunch and jowl -- Gang of little Yids : savage Jews in Mike Gold's Jews without money -- Business is business : the death of the gangster in Daniel Fuchs's novels of the 1930s -- Conclusion : the gangster's funeral -- Notes -- References cited -- Index

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