The Beginnings of Ladino Literature : Moses Almosnino and His Readers /

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"Moses Almosnino (1518-1580), arguably the most famous Ottoman Sephardi writer and the only one who was known in Europe to both Jews and Christians, became renowned for his vernacular books that were admired by Ladino readers across many generations. While Almosnino's works were written in...

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Main Author: Borovai︠a︡, O. V. (Olʹga Volʹfovna) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Almosnino, Moses ben Baruch, > approximately 1515-approximately 1580.
Sephardim > Intellectual life.
Ladino literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Jewish.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Spanish & Portuguese.
Litterature judeo-espagnole > Histoire et critique.
Sephardim > Turkey > Intellectual life.
Ladino literature > History and criticism.
Turkey.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: Jewish vernacular culture in fifteenth-century Iberia
  • Ladino in the sixteenth century: the emergence of a new vernacular literature
  • Almosnino's epistles: a new genre for a new audience
  • Almosnino's chronicles: the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of court Jews
  • The first Ladino travelogue: Almosnino's treatise on the extremes of Constantinople
  • Rabbis and merchants: new readers, new educational projects
  • Epilogue: Moses Almosnino, a renaissance man?
  • Appendix: The extremes of Constantinople.

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