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Classic Yiddish fiction :

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0791426017 (hc)

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0791426025 (pb)

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9780791426012 (hc)

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9780791426029 (pb)

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Classic Yiddish fiction :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ken Frieden.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Albany, NY :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

State University of New York Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1995.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 364 p. :

Other Physical Details

ill., maps ;

Dimensions

23 cm.

Series Title

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Pt. 1. Abramovitsh. Ch. 1. The Grandfather of Yiddish Literature. Ch. 2. S. Y. Abramovitsh: Mendele and the Origins of Modern Yiddish Fiction. Ch. 3. Satire and Parody in Abramovitsh's Later Fiction -- Pt. 2. Sholem Aleichem. Ch. 4. The Grandson: Trials of a Yiddish Humorist. Ch. 5. Sholem Aleichem's "Jewish Novels" Ch. 6. Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters' Rebellion. Ch. 7. Social Criticism in Sholem Aleichem's Monologues. Ch. 8. Sholem Aleichem's Monologues of Mastery -- Pt. 3. Peretz. Ch. 9. The Father of Another Literary Family. Ch. 10. I. L. Peretz: Monologue and Madness in the Early Stories. Ch. 11. Irony in I. L. Peretz's Chassidic Tales.

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Yiddish literature, despite its remarkable achievements during an era bounded by Russian reforms in the 1860s and the First World War, has never before been surveyed by a scholarly monograph in English. Classic Yiddish Fiction provides an overview and interprets the Yiddish fiction of S. Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I. L. Peretz. While analyzing their works, Frieden situates these three authors in their literary world and in relation to their cultural contexts. Two or three generations ago, Yiddish was the primary language of Jews in Europe and America. Today, following the Nazi genocide and half a century of vigorous assimilation, Yiddish is sinking into oblivion. By providing a bridge to the lost continent of Yiddish literature, Frieden returns to those European traditions. This journey back to Ashkenazic origins also encompasses broader horizons, since the development of Yiddish culture in Europe and America parallels the history of other ethnic traditions.

Mendele Mokher Sefarim,1835-1917-- Criticism and interpretation.

Peretz, Isaac Leib,1851 or 1852-1915-- Criticism and interpretation.

Sholem Aleichem,1859-1916-- Criticism and interpretation.

Satire, Yiddish-- History and criticism.

Social problems in literature.

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Book number

Frieden, Ken,1955-

Date of Transaction

20130502102454.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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