@article{1438998,
      recid = {1438998},
      author = {Girgus, Sam B.,},
      title = {Generations of Jewish directors and the struggle for  America's soul : Wyler, Lumet, and Spielberg /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages : illustrations (black  and white)).},
      abstract = {From generation to generation, three outstanding American  Jewish directorsWilliam 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 Americas soul, the book divides into three  sections. The Wyler section focuses on the directors social  vision of a changing America. The Lumet section views his  films as dramatizing Lumets 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 Lincolns 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. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1438998},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76031-1},
}