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Diasporic modernisms : Hebrew and Yiddish literature in the twentieth century /

'Diasporic Modernisms' illuminates the formal and historical aspects of displaced Jewish writers - S.Y. Abramovitsh, Yosef Chaim Brenner, Dovid Bergelson, Leah Goldberg, and others - who grappled with statelessness and the uncertain status of Yiddish and Hebrew.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schachter, Allison, 1974-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
Mendele Mokher Sefarim, > 1835-1917 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bergelson, David, > 1884-1952 > Criticism and interpretation.
Goldberg, Leah, > 1911-1970 > Criticism and interpretation.
Bergelson, David, > 1884-1952
Goldberg, Leah, > 1911-1970
Mendele Mokher Sefarim, > 1835-1917
Hebrew literature, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)
Yiddish literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Littérature hébraïque moderne > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature)
Hebrew literature, Modern
Yiddish literature
1900-1999
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:'Diasporic Modernisms' illuminates the formal and historical aspects of displaced Jewish writers - S.Y. Abramovitsh, Yosef Chaim Brenner, Dovid Bergelson, Leah Goldberg, and others - who grappled with statelessness and the uncertain status of Yiddish and Hebrew.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 198 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0199919410
9780199919413