212 Pages
by
Routledge
212 Pages
by
Routledge
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To what extent do Yiddish language and literature derive from the dominant values of mainstream European culture? How far did this culture shape the self-perception of Yiddish-speaking Jews of Central and Eastern Europe? How far did the ambivalent, antagonistic attitude adopted towards Jews over many centuries in Christian Europe shape modern Jewish identity and culture? Sherman deals with such... Read more
1: Why?; 2: The Master–Narrative and its Ambiguities; 3: The Mayse-bukh and the Debut of the Myth; 4: Ayzik-Meir Dik, Reformer through Fiction; 5: Y. Y. Trunk and the Myth after the Holocaust; 6: Radical Subversion with Isaac Bashevis Singer; 7: The Case of Israel Zangwill; 8: A Kind of Closure
Biography
Joseph Sherman
