Call It English: The Languages of Jewish American Literature - Hana Wirth-Nesher - Books - Princeton University Press - 9780691138442 - November 9, 2008
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Call It English: The Languages of Jewish American Literature

Hana Wirth-Nesher

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Call It English: The Languages of Jewish American Literature

Identifies the distinctive voice of Jewish American literature by recovering the multilingual Jewish culture that Jews brought to the United States in their creative encounter with English. This book traces the evolution of Yiddish and Hebrew in modern Jewish American prose writing through dialect and accent, and cross-cultural translations.


240 pages, 7 halftones.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 9, 2008
ISBN13 9780691138442
Publishers Princeton University Press
Pages 240
Dimensions 234 × 157 × 18 mm   ·   352 g
Language English