Classic Yiddish Fiction : Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz.
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- 9781438403335
- 839/.0933
- PJ5129.A2 -- Z6725 1995eb
Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abramovitsh -- The Grandfather of Yiddish Literature -- S. Y. Abramovitsh: Mendele and the Origins of Modern Yiddish Fiction -- Satire and Parody in Abramovitsh's Later Fiction -- Sholem Aleichem -- The Grandson: Trials of a Yiddish Humoris -- Sholem Aleichem's "Jewish Novels -- Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters' Rebellion -- Social Criticism in Sholem Aleichem's Monologues -- Sholem Aleichem's Monologues of Mastery -- Peretz -- The Father of Another Literary Family -- I. L. Peretz: Monologue and Madnessin the Early Stories -- Irony In I. L. Peretz's Chassidic Tales -- Back Matter -- Conclusion -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS AND WORKS -- Back Cover.
Revisits fiction by the three major Yiddish authors who wrote between 1864 and 1916, exploring their literary and social worlds.
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