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Chaim Potok

Confronting Modernity Through the Lens of Tradition
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A collection of essays exploring the work of Jewish American novelist Chaim Potok, with emphasis on his efforts to reconcile the appeal of modernity and the pull of traditional Judaism.


Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Daniel Walden

Part 1 The Novels

1 The Chosen: Defining American Judaism

Kathryn McClymond

2 The Three-Pronged Dialectic: Understanding Conflict in Potok’s Early Fiction

Jessica Lang

3 Guardians of the Torah: Ambiguity and Antagonism in The Promise

Victoria Aarons

4 Daedalus Redeemed: Asher Lev’s Journey from Rebellion to Rapprochement

S. Lillian Kremer

5 Davita’s Harp: The Silence of Violence and the Limits of the Imagination

Susanne Klingenstein

6 The Book of Lights: A Book of Choices

Sanford E. Marovitz

7 History and Responsibility: An Assessment of Potok’s “Non-Jewish” I Am the Clay

Nathan P. Devir

Part 2 Looking Back: Memories of Potok

8 Choosing the Chosen: A Reappraisal of The Chosen

Hugh Nissenson

9 Chaim Potok: A Zwischenmensch (“Between Person”) in the Cultures

Daniel Walden

10 Chaim Potok and the Question of Jewish Writing

Jonathan Rosen

11 Chaim Potok: A Literary Biography

Adena Potok

12 Chaim Potok Is No Longer With Us, but His Lessons Remain

Jane Eisner

13 Adena Potok on I Am the Clay

Nathan P. Devir

14 Chaim Potok: My Life as a Writer

Chaim Potok

Contributors

Index


“These critical essays and personal reflections on Potok’s work and life will go far in solidifying his reputation as a leading American writer of fiction.”

—B. Adler, Choice

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