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100 1 _aMelnick, Ralph,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aLife and Work of Ludwig Lewisohn, Volume II
_b"This Dark and Desperate Age" /
_nVolume II /
_cRalph Melnick.
_nVolume II /
300 _a1 online resource (1 online resource unpaged :) :
_billustrations
500 _aIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
500 _aOriginally published: Detroit : Wayne State University Press, [1998].
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
506 0 _aOpen Access
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520 _aAn 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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
600 1 1 _aLewisohn, Ludwig,
_d1882-1955.
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_y20th century
_vBiography.
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655 0 _aElectronic books.
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830 0 _aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/61499/
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