Lost and Found : The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction.
Title:
Lost and Found : The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction.
Author:
Paulauskiene, Ausra.
ISBN:
9789401204910
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (182 pages)
Series:
On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 10 ; v.10
On the Boundary of Two Worlds: Identity, Freedom, and Moral Imagination in the Baltics, 10
Contents:
Lost and Found The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction -- Table of Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Neither Russians nor Lithuanians but Lithuanian Jews -- CHAPTER TWO The Narrative of Abraham Cahan's Identity -- CHAPTER THREE Undiscovered Jewish-American Writers from Lithuania: Ezra Brudno and Goldie Stone -- CHAPTER FOUR An Unknown Novel about Lithuanians: Margaret Seebach's That Man Donaleitis (sic) -- CHAPTER FIVE Lithuanian Voices -- CONCLUSION -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Abstract:
Aušra Paulauskiene's book Lost and Found: The Discovery of Lithuania in American Fiction targets American as well as European scholars in the fields of literature, ethnic studies and immigration. The author discovers obscure texts on Lithuania and alerts Western and Eastern academia to their significance as well as the reasons for their neglect. For the first time, Abraham Cahan's autobiography The Education of Abraham Cahan and Ezra Brudno's autobiographical novel The Fugitive receive an extensive coverage, while Goldie Stone's My Caravan of Years and Margaret Seebach's That Man Donaleitis (sic) receive their first scholarly consideration ever. The author argues that misrepresentations, misattributions and exclusions of Lithuanian legacy in the U.S. were produced by major political events of the twentieth century.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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