As a child, she lived in the russian pale, the part of russia. The promised land by mary antin was written before the author had reached her thirtieth birthday. The project gutenberg ebook of the promised land, by mary antin. The promised land illustrated by mary antin nook book. Promised land by mary antin, free pdf, ebook global grey. Antin immigrated to the united states with her mother, sisters, and brother in 1894, joining her father, who had preceded them in 1891, in massachusetts.
Index mary antin 18811949 mary antin 18811949 identity theories instrumentalist theory. Mary antin 18811949 promised land, the, by mary antin 1912. So the jews found comfort in their ancient traditions. This essay profiles mary antin, whose autobiographycumpaean to america, the promised land marked the centennial anniversary in 2012. Their dauther, josephine esther grabau, antin s only child, was born on november 21, 1907. Antin s the promised land mary antin s autobiography, the promised land 1912, remains a peculiarly ambivalent work concerning the ambiguous ways in which the immigrant becomes americanized. Being a jew in russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. Though i disagree at some points with the author, i find it very inspirational, a good guideline for a successful hybrid identity past and present identity. June, 1881 may 15, 1949 was an american author and immigration rights activist. The promised land by mary antin is a unique book of memoire. It tells the story of her early life in what is now belarus and her.
Librivox recording of the promised land by mary antin. Mary antin and the jewish origins of the american self. Mary antin was the second of six children born to israel and. Constraints of women in the jewish community lindsay kleiman although mary antin wrote the promised land in 1912 with the ostensible intention of shedding light on the jewishamerican immigrant experience for a nonjewish audience, one can see through close readings that this autobiography was also written to. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content michael p. Mary antins the promised land constraints of women in the. Feb 03, 2016 this feature is not available right now. May antin came to the united states from russia in the 1890s when she was a young girl. Promised land, which is an autobiographical account. Having made such good time across the ocean, i ought to be able to proceed no less rapidly on terra firma, where, after all, i am more at home.
In it, she tells the story of what she considers her escape from bondage in eastern europe and her finding of freedom in america. This book is available for free download in a number of formats including epub, pdf, azw, mobi and more. The book focuses on her attempts to assimilate into the culture of the united states. Mary antin was born into a jewish family in polotsk in russianruled poland. Interweaving introspection with political commentaries, biography with history, the promised land 1912 brings to life the transformation of an east european jewish immigrant into an american citizen. Mary antin recounts the process of uprooting, transportation. All the little girls i knew lived in polotzk, with their fathers and mothers and friends. Antin never finished latin school, and therefore could only take a few college courses as a special student. Her critically acclaimed autobiography, published in 1912, was the bestknown immigrant memoir of its day. When i was a little girl, the world was divided into two parts.
Aug 01, 2012 by the 1960s, antin and her vision of america had fallen from grace. Numerous memoirs and novels have recounted the jewish immigrant experience since the promised land was first published in 1912. Review of mary antins the promised land appears in the. Related to political movements or attitudes to achieve things. Mary antins the promised land enjoyed extraordinary success when it was first published in 1912. This is an autobiography of mary antin who, as a girl, left eastern europe in the search of freedom and opportunities and went to the united states. You can also read the full text online using our ereader. Yet in the autobiography, the author feels herself more american than jewish or polish, she puts great emphassis on depicting. The promised land by mary antin in chm, djvu, fb2 download ebook. Mary antin 18811949 was born in polotsk, russia to a jewish family and emigrated to the united states settling in boston when she was only thirteen. Antin s description and stories of life in polotzk makes it easy for me to imagine what it might have been like for my family as well. Mary antin 1881 1949 being a jew in russia at the end of the 19th century was not easy at all. The promised land is the autobiography of mary antin.
She compares the life in the eastern europe to that. I was born, i have lived, and i have been made over. Students are often unfamiliar with the time period treated in the promised land, especially so with aspects of the great migration and of immigrant settlement in america in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mary antin recounts the process of uprooting, transportation, replanting, acclimitization, and development that took place in my own soul, and. Inthe promised land, mary antin tells of moving from polotzk, russia, to boston, massachusetts, when she was around thirteen years old. Rethinking mary antin and the promised land springerlink. In this story, mary antin is talking on behalf all the jewish women who being oppressed by jewish. The promised land by mary antin was published 1912, and it narrates the story of a jewish family immigrating from russia to the united states in fact it is the autobiography of antin, she put it in this way. In telling the story of one person, the promised land illuminates the lives of hundreds of thousands. Even so, the promised land continued to be read, especially in the classroom. Mary antin was the second of six children born to israel and esther weltman antin, a jewish family. It tells the story of her early life in what is now belarus and her immigration to the united states in 1894.
Her family moved to the united states when she was still a child and she lived in boston and then new york, where she attended the teachers college of columbia. A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides firsthand or direct evidence on a topic. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts. Mary antin, american author remembered for her autobiographical work the promised land and other books on immigrant life in the united states. The promised land is mary antins mature autobiography.
The promised land mary antin audiobook and ebook all. Mar 23, 2007 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Mary antin 18811949 was born in a small russian town and most autobiographies are written at the end of the writers life. American author and immigration rights activist mary antin 18811949 arrived in the united states at the age of 12 with a family fleeing the pogroms of czarist russia. The promised land by mary antin, 1912 online research. The promised land is the 1912 autobiography of mary antin. Mary antins autobiography, the promised land 1912, remains a pecu. Yet, according to the few critics who have written on jewish immigrant mary antin s work, the meaning of her americanization has been easy to fix. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Mary antins the promised land enjoyed extraordinary success when it was first. Mentally alert, but physically an invalid in her final years, mary antin resided with her younger americanborn sisters. Kallen describes the promised land as the climax of the wave of gratulato. In the old testament few issues are as important as that of the promise of the land to the patriarchs and the nation israel.
In fact, cr,x, land, is the fourth most frequent substantive in the hebrew bible. Mary antin and the jewish origins of the american self many jews will never see the promised land. Antin publshed short stories essays, and her books the promised land 1912 and they who knock at our gates 1914, which together sold more than. A very personal and very interesting look into the life of a young child moving away from her. By the 1960s, antin and her vision of america had fallen from grace. She died of cancer on may 15, 1949, in suffern, new york.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The text narrates antin s selfproclaimed conversion from an oppressed russian jewish subject into a patriotic, educated englishspeaking american citizen. In it, she speaks of the story of what she believes is her escape from bondage in eastern europe and her finding of freedom in america. The promised land by mary antin free ebook project gutenberg. The purpose of this study is the vision of mary antins example of discrimination and oppression against the jewish people. She is best known for her 1912 autobiography the promised land, an account of her emigration and subsequent americanization. The promised land is mary antin s mature autobiography. I bought the promised land because some my ancestors came from poland and russia and settled in chelsea ma at around the same time. Russia was the place where ones father went on business. This is an autobiographical study of the immigrant, of what he brings to america, and what he finds here, and in it the author presents the case of the russian jews american citizenship in a new and vivid light. A slave family in the old south by john hope franklin and loren schweninger.
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