Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II
Melnick, Ralph,
Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II "This Dark and Desperate Age" / Volume II / Volume II / Ralph Melnick. - 1 online resource (1 online resource unpaged :) : illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. Originally published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1998].
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Open Access
An imposing literary figure in America and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) struggled with feelings of alienation in Christian America that were gradually resolved by his developing Jewish identity, a process reflected in hundreds of works of fiction, literary analysis, and social criticism. This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his "unacceptable" opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.
9780814345030
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PS3523.E96 / Z76 2018eb vol. 2
813/.52
Life and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II "This Dark and Desperate Age" / Volume II / Volume II / Ralph Melnick. - 1 online resource (1 online resource unpaged :) : illustrations - Book collections on Project MUSE. Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE. Originally published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1998].
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Open Access
An imposing literary figure in America and Europe during the first half of the twentieth century, Ludwig Lewisohn (1882-1955) struggled with feelings of alienation in Christian America that were gradually resolved by his developing Jewish identity, a process reflected in hundreds of works of fiction, literary analysis, and social criticism. This second volume portrays Lewisohn's last decades as an outspoken opponent of Nazi Germany, a leading promoter of Jewish resettlement in Palestine, a member of Brandeis University's first faculty, and one of the earliest voices advocating Jewish renewal in America. Despite his activism, Lewisohn was no longer welcome in Zionist circles by 1948 as a result of his "unacceptable" opinions concerning British intransigence, organizational politics, and, particularly, Jewish cultural and religious decline. However, the invitation to join the newly established Brandeis University as its only full professor provided him with the opportunity he sought to contribute to the reshaping of American Jewry. Lewisohn's efforts would later bear fruit in the Jewish renewal movement of the next generation.
9780814345030
Lewisohn, Ludwig, 1882-1955.
Authors, American--20th century--Biography.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
PS3523.E96 / Z76 2018eb vol. 2
813/.52