Failure's Opposite
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A01=Norman Ravvin
A01=Sherry Simon
Author_Norman Ravvin
Author_Sherry Simon
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- ISBN 9780773538627
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 2011
- Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication City/Country: CA
- Product Form: Paperback
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Failure's Opposite presents a fresh perspective on Klein's reception and legacy, exploring why he has remained a compelling figure for critics and readers. His experimentalism drew upon strong traditions and fluency in several languages - English, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew - allowing him to develop a multilingual, modernist Jewish voice that is a touchstone for understanding Canada's multicultural identity. His struggle with the emotional and historical dimensions of diaspora is of considerable importance throughout his work and is investigated through the lenses of translation, voice, and his relationship to other Jewish writers. Contributors also re-evaluate Klein's connection to Montreal and the original ways in which he captured the atmosphere of his "jargoning city." Failure's Opposite reflects the many ways A.M. Klein is being remade in the twenty-first century, both as a bridge to the past and a model for contemporary critical and creative work in Canadian literature.
Norman Ravvin, chair of the Concordia Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies, is a fiction and non-fiction writer and editor. His books include A House of Words: Jewish Writing, Identity, and Memory. Sherry Simon is the author of numerous books, including Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City. She teaches in the French Studies Department at Concordia University in Montreal.
