Webb18 maj 2024 · Michael Hoberman, an American literature professor at Fitchburg State University, will make his case that Melville is an ideal writer for people who describe themselves as skeptical romantics. His talk highlights his own path to Melville's writing, and it will also offer a brief discussion of how he teaches two lesser-known texts ("Benito … Webb25 juni 2024 · Call Us Ishmael: Directed by David Shaerf. With Laurie Anderson, Ione Damasco, Anne Marie Damman, Philip Hoare. Filmmaker David Schaerf takes us on a journey into the world of "Moby-Dick". On the way he meets artists, musicians and fans who introduce him to the "Great American Novel."

American Pastorals - Tablet Magazine

Webb22 mars 2024 · Volume 42, Number 1, 2024. Studies in American Jewish Literature is dedicated to publishing work analyzing the place, representation, and circulation of Jews and Jewishness in American literatures, and to serving as a venue for theorizing, as broadly and intensely as possible, the ways in which it makes sense to talk about … Webb31 okt. 2011 · Among the intriguing episodes that Hoberman investigates is the recruitment and conversion of Harvard’s first permanent instructor of Hebrew, the … tis thakureducation.org

The Cambridge History of Jewish American Literature

Webb31 okt. 2011 · Hoberman examines the interplay between abstract, imaginary, sometimes fantastical notions and face-to-face interactions between Protestant New Englanders and Jews . . . and presents a convincing, if not too surprising, argument that New England became gradually more receptive of Jews, and tolerant of a visible Jewish presence, … WebbIn A Hundred Acres of America, Michael Hoberman combines literary history and geography to restore Jewish American writers to their roles as critical members of the … tis textron