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Generations of Jewish directors and the struggle for America's soul = Wyler, Lumet, and Spielberg /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Generations of Jewish directors and the struggle for America's soul/ by Sam B. Girgus.
Reminder of title:	Wyler, Lumet, and Spielberg /
Author:	Girgus, Sam B.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2021.,
Description:	xvii, 270 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
[NT 15003449]:	Chapter 1: Introduction: Jewish Directors and the "The New Covenant" -- Chapter 2: William Wyler's America -- Chapter 3: Sidney Lumet: The Long Struggle for Conscience and Social Justice -- Chapter 4: Steven Spielberg: American Redemption.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Jewish motion picture producers and directors - United States. -
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76031-1
ISBN:	9783030760311

Generations of Jewish directors and the struggle for America's soul = Wyler, Lumet, and Spielberg /
Girgus, Sam B.

Generations of Jewish directors and the struggle for America's soulWyler, Lumet, and Spielberg /[electronic resource] :by Sam B. Girgus. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2021. - xvii, 270 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Renewing the American narrative,2524-8340. - Renewing the American narrative..

Chapter 1: Introduction: Jewish Directors and the "The New Covenant" -- Chapter 2: William Wyler's America -- Chapter 3: Sidney Lumet: The Long Struggle for Conscience and Social Justice -- Chapter 4: Steven Spielberg: American Redemption.

From generation to generation, three outstanding American Jewish directors-William Wyler, Sidney Lumet, and Steven Spielberg--advance a tradition of Jewish writers, artists, and leaders who propagate the ethical basis of the American Idea and Creed. They strive to renew the American spirit by insisting that America must live up to its values and ideals. These directors accentuate the ethical responsibility for the other as a basis of the American soul and a source for strengthening American liberal democracy. In the manner of the jeremiad, their films challenge America to achieve a liberal democratic culture for all people by becoming more inclusive and by modernizing the American Idea. Following an introduction that relates aspects of modern ethical thought to the search for America's soul, the book divides into three sections. The Wyler section focuses on the director's social vision of a changing America. The Lumet section views his films as dramatizing Lumet's dynamic and aggressive social and ethical conscience. The Spielberg section tracks his films as a movement toward American redemption and renewal that aspires to realize Lincoln's vision of America as the hope of the world. The directors, among many others, perpetuate a "New Covenant" that advocates change and renewal in the American experience.

ISBN: 9783030760311

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-76031-1doiSubjects--Personal Names:

3514599
Wyler, William,
1902-1981.Subjects--Topical Terms:

3514602
Jewish motion picture producers and directors
--United States.

LC Class. No.: PN1998.2 / .G57 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 791.430233092273

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