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Ruth R. Wisse, who teaches "Literature and Arts A-48: The Modern Jewish Experience in Literature," once laughed when someone suggested that she devote her career to teaching Yiddish literature...
...came to Yiddish literature rather than having been brought up in it; it's something I struggled to possess," says Wisse, who was raised in what she calls the "polyglot multicultural atmosphere" of Montreal...
Ruth R. Wisse, professor of Yiddish literature and comparative literature, said she had not read either of the articles, but added that criticism of this nature is inevitable...
...ties to his birthplace give his work its special flavor, not to mention its distinctive sense of the not quite familiar. Richler's raffish characters could be from New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, except that they are nuts about hockey, spice their conversation with French as well as Yiddish and have legal access to Cuban cigars...
Professor of Yiddish Literature and Comparative Literature Ruth R. Wisse, whose Literature and Arts A-48: "The Modern Jewish Experience in Literature" is a recent addition to the Core, says the review process can also be beneficial for new Faculty...