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A traveler disguised : the rise of modern Yiddish fiction in the nineteenth century / Dan Miron ; with a foreword by Ken Frieden.
- Title
- A traveler disguised : the rise of modern Yiddish fiction in the nineteenth century / Dan Miron ; with a foreword by Ken Frieden.
- Author
- Miron, Dan
- Publication
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PJ5129.A2 Z742 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxvii, 347 p. : ill.; 21 cm.
- Summary
- This exposition of writer S.Y. Abramovitsh explores the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the nineteenth century.
- Series Statement
- Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
- Uniform Title
- Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Reprint. Originally published: New York : Schocken Books, 1973.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Ken Frieden -- 1. The Commitment to Yiddish -- 2. A Language as Caliban -- 3. The Mimic Writer and His "Little Jew" -- 4. On Native Ground -- 5. The Mendele Maze (I. The Pseudonym Fallacy) -- 6. The Mendele Maze (II. The Folkstip Fallacy) -- 7. The Mendele Maze (III. The Outlet) -- 8. The Disguised Traveler (Conclusion).
- ISBN
- 0815603304 (paper : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^95030450^
- OCLC
- 32699417
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library