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Introduction to Old Yiddish literature
- Title
- Introduction to Old Yiddish literature / by Jean Baumgarten ; edited and translated by Jerold C. Frakes.
- Author
- Baumgarten, Jean.
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Frakes, Jerold C.
- Description
- xviii, 459 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-444) and index.
- Contents
- The invention of a language: Yiddish among the European vernaculars -- The emergence of Yiddish literature and the crisis in Jewish society -- The printing, distribution, and audience of Yiddish books -- Bilingualism and the development of old Yiddish literature -- Yiddish Bibles -- Medieval epic and romance in Yiddish -- Elia Levita and the romanzo cavalleresco -- Books of morality and conduct -- Prayer in the vernacular -- Yiddish narrative -- Terrestrial suffering in a topsy-turvy world.
- Call Number
- *PAY 06-2374
- ISBN
- 0199276331 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005001825
- OCLC
- vendor
- Author
- Baumgarten, Jean.
- Title
- Introduction to Old Yiddish literature / by Jean Baumgarten ; edited and translated by Jerold C. Frakes.
- Imprint
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-444) and index.
- Added Author
- Frakes, Jerold C.
- Research Call Number
- *PAY 06-2374