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Bettina Berch

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Description:Publishers Weekly review:Author Berch (The Woman Behind the Lens, The Endless Day) reviews the life of Anzia Yezierska (1880?-1970), the celebrated Jewish-American writer dubbed the “Sweatshop Cinderella” for her fictional portrayal of immigrant Jewish women in novels and stories. Having emigrated from Poland in 1893, Yezierska went on to land a scholarship to Columbia Univ.’s Teacher’s College and a job teaching “domestic science” in New York City schools. She became active in bohemian NYC socialist circles, where she met her first husband Jacob Gordon, as well as Arnold Levitas, who would father her illegitimate child. Her 1917 affair with eminent philosopher John Dewey (then a Dean at Columbia) opened the doors of the literary world to her. Based largely on her own experiences, Yezierska’s stories are written in idiomatic English, artfully constructed to maintain the Yiddish flavor of her immigrant characters; her first story, published in 1919, launched a long and groundbreaking career (many of Yezierska’s books, including story collection How I Found America and Hungry Hearts, are still studied in academia). Berch’s faithful biography captures well this “surprisingly modern woman,” as well as her lasting influence and importance. (Mar.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska. To get started finding From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 273

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sefer International

Release: 2009

ISBN: 1607251841

Description: Publishers Weekly review:Author Berch (The Woman Behind the Lens, The Endless Day) reviews the life of Anzia Yezierska (1880?-1970), the celebrated Jewish-American writer dubbed the “Sweatshop Cinderella” for her fictional portrayal of immigrant Jewish women in novels and stories. Having emigrated from Poland in 1893, Yezierska went on to land a scholarship to Columbia Univ.’s Teacher’s College and a job teaching “domestic science” in New York City schools. She became active in bohemian NYC socialist circles, where she met her first husband Jacob Gordon, as well as Arnold Levitas, who would father her illegitimate child. Her 1917 affair with eminent philosopher John Dewey (then a Dean at Columbia) opened the doors of the literary world to her. Based largely on her own experiences, Yezierska’s stories are written in idiomatic English, artfully constructed to maintain the Yiddish flavor of her immigrant characters; her first story, published in 1919, launched a long and groundbreaking career (many of Yezierska’s books, including story collection How I Found America and Hungry Hearts, are still studied in academia). Berch’s faithful biography captures well this “surprisingly modern woman,” as well as her lasting influence and importance. (Mar.)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska. To get started finding From Hester Street to Hollywood: The Life and Work of Anzia Yezierska, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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