Jewish Gangsters of Modern Literature

by Rachel Rubin Wolf and Rachel Rubin

In this vividly written study, Rachel Rubin posits the Jewish literary gangster - a figure whose violence, transgressiveness, and ongoing internal conflict render him an important symbol of modernity - as a locus for exploring questions of artistic power in the interwar years. Focusing specifically on the Russian writer Isaac Babel and Americans Mike Gold, Samuel Ornitz, and Daniel Fuchs, but also taking in cartoons, movies, and modernist paintings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252025393
• ISBN13: 9780252025396
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"