The Melting-Pot
Zangwill, Israel, 1864-1926
The Melting-Pot - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melting_Pot_(play) Release date is 2007-12-18
Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed
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"The Melting-Pot" by Israel Zangwill is a play first staged in 1908. It follows David Quixano, a Russian Jewish immigrant who survived a pogrom that killed his family. In America, he composes an "American Symphony" celebrating his vision of a society free from ethnic divisions. When he falls in love with Vera, a Russian Christian immigrant, their romance faces a dramatic confrontation with the past. The play popularized the term "melting pot" as a symbol for American ethnic assimilation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Jews -- Drama
PR
The Melting-Pot - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Melting_Pot_(play) Release date is 2007-12-18
Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
"The Melting-Pot" by Israel Zangwill is a play first staged in 1908. It follows David Quixano, a Russian Jewish immigrant who survived a pogrom that killed his family. In America, he composes an "American Symphony" celebrating his vision of a society free from ethnic divisions. When he falls in love with Vera, a Russian Christian immigrant, their romance faces a dramatic confrontation with the past. The play popularized the term "melting pot" as a symbol for American ethnic assimilation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Jews -- Drama
PR