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Classic Yiddish Fiction: Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz
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Classic Yiddish Fiction: Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz Hardcover - 1995

by Frieden, Ken

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Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.: State Univ of New York Pr, 1995. 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.. Not Indicated. Hard Cover. Fine/No Jacket.
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  • Title Classic Yiddish Fiction: Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz
  • Author Frieden, Ken
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Not Indicated
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 364
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher State Univ of New York Pr, Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A.
  • Date 1995
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 045779
  • ISBN 9780791426012 / 0791426017
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.11 x 0.97 in (23.39 x 15.52 x 2.46 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Social problems in literature, Mendele Mokher Sefarim - Criticism and
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 94037692
  • Dewey Decimal Code 839.093

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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.

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Ken Frieden holds the B.G. Rudolph Chair in Judaic Studies at Syracuse University, where he is a professor in the departments of English and Textual Studies, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, and Religion. He has also written Freud's Dream of Interpretation, also published by SUNY Press, and Genius and Monologue.

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