Yiddish writers in Weimar Berlin : a fugitive modernism /

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"In Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin, Marc Caplan explores the reciprocal encounter between Eastern European Jews and German culture in the days following World War I. By concentrating primarily on a small group of avant-garde Yiddish writers-Dovid Bergelson, Der Nister, and Moyshe Kulbak-worki...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caplan, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Series:German Jewish cultures.
Subjects:
Kulbak, Moshe, > 1896-1940 > Criticism and interpretation.
Nister, > 1884-1950 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bergelson, David, > 1884-1952 > Criticism and interpretation.
Roth, Joseph, > 1894-1939 > Criticism and interpretation.
Döblin, Alfred, > 1878-1957 > Criticism and interpretation.
Roth, Joseph, > 1894-1939.
Nister, > 1884-1950.
Kulbak, Moshe, > 1896-1940.
Döblin, Alfred, > 1878-1957.
Bergelson, David, > 1884-1952.
1900-1999
Yiddish literature > Germany > Berlin > History and criticism.
Yiddish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Jews > Germany > Berlin > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Modernism (Literature) > Germany > History > 20th century.
Littérature yiddish > Allemagne > Berlin > Histoire et critique.
Juifs > Allemagne > Berlin > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish
Jews > Intellectual life
Modernism (Literature)
Yiddish literature
Modernism (Literature) > Germany.
Jews, East European > Germany > History > 20th century.
Germany
Germany > Berlin
Germany > Intellectual life > 1918-1933.
Germany > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Weimar and Now
  • Spectral Empires: Landscapes, Nation-States, and the Homelessness of Weimar Modernism.
  • A Past Become Space: Alfred Döblin and Dovid Bergelson in Poland, the Soviet Union and Berlin
  • At the Crossroads of the Twentieth Century: Neue Sachlichkeit and Dovid Bergelson's Berlin Stories
  • Melancholic Conspiracies: Masks, Masques, and Baroque Aesthetics in Yiddish and German Modernism. Watch the Throne: The Baroque, the Gothic, and Symbolism in Der Nister's Early Stories
  • Harold Lloyd and the Hermit: Popular Culture, Gothic Aesthetics, and the End of Der Nister's Symbolist Career
  • Apocalyptic Origins: The Politics of Nostalgia in German and Yiddish Modernism. Arrested Development: Fragmentation, Apocalypse, and the Pursuit of Origins in Joseph Roth's Representation of Eastern Europe
  • Moyshe Kulbak's Berlin Writings: Here, There, Everywhere (Nowhere)
  • Conclusion: Origin Is the Goal.

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