Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought : Twentieth-Century Central Europe and Migration to America

Name: Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought : Twentieth-Century Central Europe and Migration to America
Brand: Academic Studies Press

Academic Studies Press

Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and ThoughtTwentieth-Century Central Europe and Migration to America\nAuthor(s): Bronislava Volkov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Academic Studies Press, United States\nImprint: Academic Studies Press\nISBN-13: 9781644694053, 978-1644694053\nSynopsis\nForms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought deals with the concept of exile on many levelsfrom the literal to the metaphorical. It combines analyses of predominantly Jewish authors of Central Europe of the twentieth century who are not usually connected, including Kafka, Kraus, Levi, Lustig, Wiesel, and Frankl. It follows the typical routes that exiled writers took, from East to West and later often as far as America. The concept and forms of exile are analyzed from many different points of view and great importance is devoted especially to the forms of inner exile. In Forms of Exile in Jewish Literature and Thought, Bronislava Volkov, an exile herself and thus intimately familiar with the topic th.