Writing Their Nations

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Taking into account their multiple loyalties, this book exploreshow these Jewish women created their own space and how we interpret theirachievements. With a comprehensive bibliography, notes, and an index, this work isessential for scholars, women's and Jewish studies departments, and literary andhistorical studies." -- Library Journal ..".Lichtenstein has served the fields of American women's and Jewish history well..." -- American Historical Review "This is a fascinating, well-researched book." -- Na'amat Woman "A significantrecord of the relationship of gender and Jewish ethnicity to American literarystudies." -- Choice The unique literary tradition ofnineteenth-century American Jewish women has been largely ignored. DianeLichtenstein considers more than twenty-five of these authors, including EmmaLazarus, Rebekah Hyneman, Penina Moise, and Emma Wolf.