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Author Nakhimovsky, Alice S., author

Title Dear Mendl, dear Reyzl : Yiddish letter manuals from Russia and America / Alice Nakhimovsky and Roberta Newman
Published Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource
Contents The world of the brivnshteler -- From the pages of brivnshtelers -- Beyond letters
Summary At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates sele
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Letter writing, Yiddish.
Yiddish letters -- Translations into English
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish.
Letter writing, Yiddish
Yiddish letters
Genre/Form Translations
Form Electronic book
Author Newman, Roberta, 1958- author.
ISBN 9780253012074
0253012074