| The Emergence of Early Yiddish Literature: Cultural Translation in Ashkenaz Contributor(s): Frakes, Jerold C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0253025516 ISBN-13: 9780253025517 Publisher: Indiana University Press OUR PRICE: $57.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 839.109 |
| LCCN: 2017288944 |
| Series: German Jewish Cultures |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6" W x 9" (1.35 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: While much early Yiddish literature belonged to pious genres, quasi-secular genres--epic, drama, and lyric--also developed. Jerold Frakes contends that the historical context of the emergence of Yiddish literature is an essential factor in any understanding of its cultural relevance in a time and place where Jewish life was defined by expulsions, massacres, and discriminatory legislation that profoundly altered European Judaism and shook the very foundations of traditional Jewish society. |