Tubercular Capital : Illness and the Conditions of Modern Jewish Writing /

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At the turn of the twentieth century, tuberculosis was a leading cause of death across America, Europe, and the Russian Empire. The incurable disease gave rise to a culture of convalescence, creating new opportunities for travel and literary reflection. Tubercular Capital tells the story of Yiddish...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yudkoff, Sunny S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Colección:Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C
Temas:
Hebrew literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Jewish authors > Diseases > History.
Jewish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Tuberculosis and literature.
Tuberculosis in literature.
Tuberculosis patients' writings > History and criticism.
Yiddish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
David Vogel.
Hebrew Literature.
Illness and Creativity.
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society.
Jewish Literature.
Literature and Medicine.
Raḥel Bluvshtein.
Sholem Aleichem.
Tuberculosis.
Yiddish Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION
  • Introduction: Jewish Literature and Tubercular Capital
  • 1. In the Hands of Every Reader: Sholem Aleichem's Tubercular Jubilee
  • 2. In a Sickroom of Her Own: Raḥel Bluvshtein's Tubercular Poetry
  • 3. In the Kingdom of Fever: The Writers of the Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society
  • 4. In the Sanatorium: David Vogel between Hebrew and German
  • Epilogue: After the Cure
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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