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The emergence of early Yiddish literature : cultural translation in Ashkenaz /
While much early Yiddish literature belonged to pious genres, quasi-secular genres epic, drama, and lyric also developed. Jerold C. 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 p...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Yiddish |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
[2017]
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| Colección: | German Jewish cultures.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | While much early Yiddish literature belonged to pious genres, quasi-secular genres epic, drama, and lyric also developed. Jerold C. 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 286 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-283), appendix of Elia Levita's short poems translated into English (pages 233-256) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780253025685 0253025680 |