UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies

With the rise of digital media, the ‘death of the book’ has been widely discussed. But the physical object itself persists. Here, through the lens of materiality and objects, Barbara Mann tells a history of modern Jewish literature, from novels and poetry to graphic novels and artist’s books, offering a new frame for understanding how literary genres emerge. Barbara Mann is the inaugural Stephen H. Hoffman Professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature at Case Western Reserve University. Prior to her arrival at CWRU, she taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City, and in the Department of...