edited by Gennady Estraikh, Kerstin Hoge and Mikhail Krutikov.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Legenda, Modern Humanities Research Association and Maney Publishing,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2014.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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189 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, portraits ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Legenda Studies in Yiddish ;
Volume Designation
12
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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7 'Turning My Soul Inside Out': Text and Context of The Family Mashber / MIKHAIL KRUTIKOV -- 8 Symbolist Quest and Grotesque Masks: The Family Mashber as Parable and Confession / ROLAND GRUSCHKA -- 9 'The Feast Has Ended': Time in The Family Mashber / HARRIET MURAV -- 10 'We are lacking "A Man Dieth in a Tent'": Der Nister's Search for Reademption in the Summer of 1947 / BER (BORIS) KOTLERMAN.
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Introduction: Der Nister, Real and Imaginary -- 1 Der Nister's 'Hamburg Score' / GENNADY ESTRAIKH -- 2 Der Nister's Hebrew Nosegay / JORDAN FINKIN -- 3 Andersens Mayselekh and Der Nister's Symbolist Agenda / KERSTIN HOGE -- 4 A mayse mit a hon. Dos tsigele: Marc Chagall illustrating Der Nister / SABINE KOLLER -- 5 The 'Political' Writings of and 'Unpolitical' Yiddish Symbolist / DANELA MANTOVAN -- 6 Watch the Throne: Allegory, Kingship and Trauerspiel in the Stories of Der Nister and Reb Nakhman / MARC CAPLAN.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Der Nister (Pinkhes Kahanovitsh, 1884-1950) is widely regarded as the most enigmatic author in modern Yiddish literature. His pseudonym, which translates as 'The Hidden One', is as puzzling as his diverse body of works, which range from mystical symbolist poetry and dark expressionist tales to realist historical epic. Although part of the Kiev Group of Yiddish writers, which also included David Bergelson and Peretz Markish, Der Nister remained at the margins of the Yiddish literary world throughout his life, mainstream success eluding him both in- and outside the Soviet Union. Yet, to judge from the quantity of recent research and translation work, Der Nister is today one of the best remembered Yiddish modernists. The present collection of twelve original articles by international scholars re-examines Der Nisters cultural and literary legacy, bringing to light new aspects of his life and creative output.