1st Edition
In a Maelstrom The History of Russian-Jewish Prose, 1860-1940
By Zsuzsa Hetényi
Copyright 2008
324 Pages
by
Central European University Press
The first concise history of Russian-Jewish literary prose, this book discusses Russian-Jewish literarature in four periods, analyzing the turning points (1881–82, 1897, 1917) and proposing that the selected epoch (1860–1940) represents a special strand that was unfairly left out of both Russian and Jewish national literatures. Based on theoretical sources on the subject, the book establishes the... Read more
Preface, The Concept of Russian-Jewish Literature and its Ambiguities, THE HISTORY OF RUSSIAN-JEWISH PROSE (1860–1940), I. “Turbulent Times”—The Utopia of Assimilation, II. “In a Maelstrom”—After the Pogroms, III. “At a Crossroads”—Choosing Paths, IV. “Motherland” and “Cemetery”—Climax and Endgame, V. A Pattern of Narrative in Jewish Assimilation Literature. The Child’s Eye View—Isaac Babel in a Russian-Jewish, American and European Literary Context. A Comparative Conclusion, Biographies of Authors, Appendix, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Zsuzsa Hetényi is Professor at the Institute for Slavic Studies, ELTE University, Budapest, and translator (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Award for translation, 2002). With 180 articles in six languages to her credit, she has also authored a monograph study on Biblical and messianic motifs in Babel's Red Cavalry (1991) and edited and co-authored the History of the Russian Literature (I-II., 1997-2002). Her main field of interest is 20th century Russian Prose.
