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Yiddish fiction and the crisis of modernity, 1905-1914
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Yiddish fiction and the crisis of modernity, 1905-1914

Author: Mikhail Krutikov
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2001.
Series: Stanford series in Jewish history and culture.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"This book examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of the First World War. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of incursions and threats to traditional Jewish life. Writers explored these perceived crises in their work, in the process reconsidering the role and  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Mikhail Krutikov
ISBN: 0804735468 9780804735469
OCLC Number: 46501570
Description: viii, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: Conceptual Framework and Methodology --
1. The Economic Crisis --
2. The Crisis of Revolution --
3. The Crisis of Immigration --
4. Love and Destiny: The Crisis of Youth --
Conclusion: Yiddish Fiction Faces Modernity.
Series Title: Stanford series in Jewish history and culture.
Responsibility: Mikhail Krutikov.
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"This book examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of the First World War. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of incursions and threats to traditional Jewish life. Writers explored these perceived crises in their work, in the process reconsidering the role and function of Yiddish literature itself."--BOOK JACKET.

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