User:Grackling/Jewish American literature/Bibliography

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Bibliography

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Bibliography

Edit this section to compile the bibliography for your Wikipedia assignment. Add the name and/or notes about what each source covers, then use the "Cite" button to generate the citation for that source.

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

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^ Salter, Gabriel (2023-10-20). "Jewish Fantasy Worldwide: Trends in Speculative Stories From Australia to Chile, edited by Valerie Estelle Frankel". Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature. 42 (1). ISSN 0146-9339.
^ Wade, Stephen (2022-02-15), "Jewish-American Writing since 1945", Jewish-American Writing since 1945, Edinburgh University Press, doi:10.1515/9781474473385, ISBN 978-1-4744-7338-5, retrieved 2024-03-05
^ Gil, Noam (2020-08-14). "The Destruction of Israel and Other Fantasies in Jewish American Literature". Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-). 39 (2): 161–181. doi:10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0161. ISSN 0271-9274.
^ Kent, Alicia A. (2007). "African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism". SpringerLink. doi:10.1057/9780230605107.
^ Words, Steven H. Silver in Uncanny Magazine Issue Twenty-Five | 2861. "Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Primer". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Outline of proposed changes

The Jewish Self-Portrait in European and American Literature

The articles in this collection contains a comprehensive list of international works from the University of Haifa and is centralized around American and European works.

Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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"Jewish Fantasy Worldwide" | https://dc.swosu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3198&context=mythlore

This article encompasses a broad overview of Jewish speculative literature, including that of the United States. This article can serve as the basis for a speculative fiction passage, as it covers the trends of Jewish fantasy and the basis for the genre.

Jewish American Writing Since 1945

This book focuses specifically on modern and contemporary Jewish American writers, with emphases in the postmodern, metafiction, and the "masternarrative," which may tie into speculative fiction. The article currently is a stub on its focus of contemporary Jewish writers, while this article can fill in the gap of the themes addressed today and which works embody those topics.

"The Destruction of Israel and Other Fantasies in Jewish American Literature"

This article focuses on recent Jewish American Speculative Literature, including the masterwork The Yiddish Policemen's Union, as well as the themes that comprises these contemporary works, including what makes such a piece "Jewish." This article would beautifully complement the "Jewish Fantasy Worldwide" article, as it covers topics not noted in the other article, such as otherness and the destruction of Israel.

African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism

Chapter three of this book covers Jewish American Modernism in literature, which provides an important basis for 20th-century Jewish American stories and could pertain to speculative literature, or at least as a complement to the "Present Day" section. The first part of this chapter focuses on themes, an overview, while the latter half covers specific examples and how they evoke these themes.

"Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Primer" | https://uncannymagazine.com/article/jewish-science-fiction-and-fantasy-a-primer/

This article, though in a non-scholarly source, is the most direct in its relevance for Jewish speculative literature. The author, however, is highly credible, having been nominated for the Hugo award sixteen times, wrote the article of Jewish Science Fiction for the Encyclopedia of American Jewish History, and has maintained a bibliography of Jewish Science Fiction since the 1990s, making him a highly reliable source for information, despite being published in a science fiction magazine. This article covers the different types of Jewish sci-fi, as well as what Jewish themes are covered and how, along with an extensive example of works.

[1] Salter, Gabriel (2023-10-20). "Jewish Fantasy Worldwide: Trends in Speculative Stories From Australia to Chile, edited by Valerie Estelle Frankel". Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature. 42 (1). ISSN 0146-9339.

[2] Wade, Stephen (2022-02-15), "Jewish-American Writing since 1945", Jewish-American Writing since 1945, Edinburgh University Press, doi:10.1515/9781474473385, ISBN 978-1-4744-7338-5, retrieved 2024-03-05

[3] Gil, Noam (2020-08-14). "The Destruction of Israel and Other Fantasies in Jewish American Literature". Studies in American Jewish Literature (1981-). 39 (2): 161–181. doi:10.5325/studamerjewilite.39.2.0161. ISSN 0271-9274.

[4] Kent, Alicia A. (2007). "African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism". SpringerLink. doi:10.1057/9780230605107.

[5] Words, Steven H. Silver in Uncanny Magazine Issue Twenty-Five | 2861. "Jewish Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Primer". Uncanny Magazine. Retrieved 2024-03-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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