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Uncovering the Hidden: The Works and Life of Der Nister [Hardback]
Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Kerstin Hoge (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975844
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 12
Der Nister (Pinkhes Kahanovitsh, 1884–1950) is widely regarded as the most enigmatic author in modern Yiddish literature. His pseudonym, which translates as ‘The Hidden One’, is as puzzling as his diverse body of... .... Learn More -
Joseph Opatoshu: A Yiddish Writer between Europe and America [Hardback]
Sabine Koller (Editor); Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975608
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 11
At the turn of the twentieth century East European Jews underwent a radical cultural transformation, which turned a traditional religious community into a modern nation, struggling to find its place in the world. An important figu... .... Learn More -
Translating Sholem Aleichem: History, Politics and Art [Hardback]
Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Jordan Finkin (Editor); Kerstin Hoge (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781907975004
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 10
Sholem Aleichem, whose 150th anniversary was commemorated in March 2009, remains one of the most popular Yiddish authors. But few people today are able to read the original. Since the 1910s, however, Sholem Aleichem’s works ... .... Learn More -
A Captive of the Dawn: The Life and Work of Peretz Markish (1895-1952) [Hardback]
Joseph Sherman (Editor); Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Jordan Finkin (Editor); David Shneer (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781906540524
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 9
Peretz Markish (1895-1952), one of Eastern Europe’s most important Yiddish poets in the period between the two world wars, was a fiercely independent maverick who published work in all literary genres. Although emerging from... .... Learn More -
Yiddish in Weimar Berlin: At the Crossroads of Diaspora Politics and Culture [Hardback]
Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9781906540708
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 8
Berlin emerged from the First World War as a multicultural European capital of immigration from the former Russian Empire, and while many Russian emigrés moved to France and other countries in the 1920s, a thriving east Eur... .... Learn More -
Yiddish in the Cold War [Hardback]
Gennady Estraikh (Author)
£45.00ISBN: 9781906540050
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 7
Yiddish-speaking groups of Communists played a visible role in many countries, most notably in the Soviet Union, United States, Poland, France, Canada, Argentina and Uruguay. The sacrificial role of the Red Army, and the Soviet Un... .... Learn More -
David Bergelson: From Modernism to Socialist Realism. Proceedings of the 6th Mendel Friedman Conference [Hardback]
Joseph Sherman (Editor); Gennady Estraikh (Editor)
£48.00ISBN: 9781905981120
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 6
Among the finest prose stylists in Yiddish literature, David Bergelson (1884-1952) was caught up in many of the twentieth century’s most defining events. In 1909 he emerged as a pioneer of modernist prose, observing the slow... .... Learn More -
The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction. Selected Papers arising from the Fourth and Fifth International Mendel Friedman Conference [Hardback]
Joseph Sherman (Editor); Ritchie Robertson (Editor)
Regular Price: £42.50
Special Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9781900755832
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 5
Early in the twentieth century, Yiddish, previously stigmatized as a corrupt jargon, came to be recognized as a language in its own right, and one moreover that was already the vehicle for a rich literature. Many writers in other ... .... Learn More -
The Jewish Pope: Myth, Diaspora and Yiddish Literature [Paperback]
Joseph Sherman (Author)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9781900755771
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 4
To what extent do Yiddish language and literature reflect dominant values of mainstream European culture? How far did this culture shape the self-perception of Yiddish-speaking European Jews? How did the hostile attitude adopted t... .... Learn More -
Yiddish and the Left: Papers of the Third Mendel Friedman International Conference on Yiddish [Paperback]
Gennady Estraikh (Editor); Mikhail Krutikov (Editor)
Regular Price: £35.00
Special Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9781900755481
Published by : Legenda
Series: Studies in Yiddish
Volume: 3
For over a century Yiddish served as a major vehicle for expressing left-wing ideas and sensitivities. A language without country, an ‘ugly jargon’ despised by the assimilationist Jewish bourgeoisie and nationalist Zio... .... Learn More