Dramatic Encounters: The Jewish Presence in Twentieth-Century American Drama, Poetry, and Humor and the Black-Jewish Literary Relationship

Table of contents

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• Recent Titles in Contributions in Ethnic Studies Series Editor: Leonard W. Doob ii
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Series Foreword vii
• Foreword ix
• Preface xi
• Acknowledgments xiii
• 1 - Special Black-Jewish Literary Relations 1
• 2 - From Dialect Humor to Black Humor 29
• 3 - Jews as Poets 47
• 4 - The Jew in Drama 71
• Conclusion 143
• Notes 147
• Bibliographical Note 161
• Index 163
• About the Author 178