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In the Mainstream represents the second in a multi-volume study of the Jewish American as both writer and character in our nation's literature. This book focuses on the period from 1950 to the 1980s. The author provides abundant evidence that by the end of the 1950s, Jewish writers had achieved full status in the realm of American fiction. His study examines precursors and strains of influence relating to this development, with special attenti...

There is so much to Louis Harap's three volumes, this extraordinary trilogy, that a reviewer can only hint at the depth, penetrating intelligence, research, and insight of the author. This is a monumental work." American Jewish Archives

Traces 50 years' development of Jewish American fiction, poetry, and humor as it analyzes fictional portrayals of Jews themselves.

In this exhaustive study of the status of representations of Jewish people in American culture through 1917, Louis Harap exhaustively catalogs the various factors shaping the 'image of the Jew' from the Shylock figure to more sympathetic portrayals.