Never-ending tales : stories from the golden age of Jewish literature /
"Between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jewish writers in Europe and America published countless stories addressing "the Jewish Question"--the intense debate about the treatment of Jews following their so-called emancipation. In Never-Ending Tales, Jack Zipes prese...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2026]
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| Summary: | "Between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Jewish writers in Europe and America published countless stories addressing "the Jewish Question"--the intense debate about the treatment of Jews following their so-called emancipation. In Never-Ending Tales, Jack Zipes presents more than two dozen of these stories, which attempted to subvert the antisemitism that the debate represented. Humorous and bittersweet, and filled with ironic reversals, these are stories of fantasy, magic, and transformation--tales about little people who assert their humanity; about the Golem, the gargantuan savior of Jews; about rabbis who use wisdom and patience to protect their people; and much more. While illuminating the problems faced by Jews of the period, from assimilation and conversion to pogroms and fascism, these stories offer hope about surviving and overcoming antisemitism. Bringing together brilliant stories by well-known authors such as Sholem Aleichem, Karl Emil Franzos, Mynona, I. L. Peretz, and Israel Zangwill, and tales by lesser-known writers that deserve more attention, it also features a short novel, Hugo Bettauer's The City without Jews: A Novel about the Near Future (1924), a satire in which the gentiles of Vienna rid the city of Jews only to find themselves hopeless without them." |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 322 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780691263779 0691263779 |