Call It Sleep: Jewish, American, modernist, classic

Henry Roth's novel "Call It Sleep" made a miraculous comeback after years of being out of print. The novel shows the internal struggle for self-definition of a Jewish boy enacted through a battle of languages.

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Published inJudaism Vol. 44; no. 4; pp. 388 - 398
Main Author Wirth-Nesher, Hana
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York American Jewish Congress 22.09.1995
Subjects
Bibliography
Biography
British & Irish literature
Irish literature
Jews, American
Joyce, James (1882-1941)
Judaism
Literary criticism
Literature
Novels
Roth, Henry
Sleep
Writers
New York
United States > US
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Summary:Henry Roth's novel "Call It Sleep" made a miraculous comeback after years of being out of print. The novel shows the internal struggle for self-definition of a Jewish boy enacted through a battle of languages.
ISSN:0022-5762
2693-5155