| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 459 pages) |
| 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 |
| Summary |
This study opens up to a more general audience the cultural richness of Yiddish studies that stretches from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. The literature spans genres, from love lyric to kabbalistic treatises, and from travelogue to Renaissance adventure epic |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-444) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Levita, Elijah, 1468 or 1469-1549.
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| SUBJECT |
Levita, Elijah, 1468 or 1469-1549 fast |
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Bible. Old Testament. Yiddish -- Versions
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Bible. Old Testament fast |
| Subject |
Yiddish literature -- History and criticism
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Jewish religious literature -- History and criticism
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Tehinnot.
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Ethics in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
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Ethics in literature
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Jewish religious literature
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Tehinnot
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Yiddish literature
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Languages & Literatures.
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Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Frakes, Jerold C
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| ISBN |
1423769724 |
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9781423769729 |
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1280755318 |
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9781280755316 |
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