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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 6 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
moving in an atmosphere of the elemental and the infinite, quite out of the Yiddish realistic tradition. At the risk of being facetious it may be said here that the best Yiddish novel is one written in English. Abraham Cahan's The rise of David Levinsky is a better reflection of Jewish life in American surroundings than all American-Yiddish fiction put together. The book is especially interesting to Americans, since The author sets out with the manifest purpose of taking the American reader by the hand and showing him through all the nooks of the Ghetto. This motive, with the author's genuine literary talent, a most felicitous style, a realistic treatment that is both engaging and convincing, makes The rise of David Levinsky a monumental work, and surely the most remarkable contribution by an immigrant to the American novel. Cahan's work as editor of The Jewish daily forward and as literary critic, his novel, and his subsequent attack upon American fiction constitute a bold cha
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
e with Kit Carson through the Great American Desert and the Rocky Mountains, A, 150 Riedesel, Baroness von, 577 Rien on Moi, 596 Rigdon, Sidney, 520 Riggs, Kate Douglas Wiggin, 288 Rights of man to property, the, 436 Rihbany, Abraham M., 421 Riis, Jacob, 420 Riley, J. I., 7 Riley, James Whitcomb, 27, 31, 37, 59-62, 261 n., 264 n. Rinehart, Mary Roberts, 295 Ripley, George, 472 Rip Van Winkle, 268 Rise and fall of the Confederate government, 182, 351 Rise of David Levinsky, the, 606, 607 Rise of Silas Lapham, the, 80 Ritschl, 465 Rittig, J., 582 Rival Suitors for America, the, 494 River of the West, the, 153 Robbin, Bobbin, Richard, and John, 511 Robert Carlton. See Hale, B. R. Roberts, John, 432 Robertson, T. W., 269, 270, 276 Robertson, William, 188 Robespierre, 380 Robinson, Alfred, 139 Robinson, Edward, 586 Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 65 Robinson, Tracy, 162 Robinson Crusoe, 17 Robinson Crusoe's money, 439 Roch