Isaac Bashevis Singer

Perhaps the preeminent Yiddish writer of the modern era, Isaac Bashevis Singer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978. His writing was witty, vivid, ironic, and powerful. In this lecture, Professor Wisse examines Singer's work in the context of American Jewish literature. She highlights his subtle conservatism and reflects on Singer's aloofness toward his adopted country, even as America embraced him. ​