| Description |
x, 269 pages, 19 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Littman library of Jewish civilization |
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Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
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| Contents |
Introduction: Writing the History of the Yiddish Theatre / Joel Berkowitz -- 1. The 'Low' Culture of the Purimshpil / Ahuva Belkin -- 2. Romanticism and the Yiddish Theatre / Nahma Sandrow -- 3. Jewish Plays on the Russian Stage: St. Petersburg, 1905-1917 / Barbara Henry -- 4. The Text of Goldfaden's Di kishefmakherin and the Operetta Tradition / Paola Bertolone -- 5. Shulamis and Bar kokhba: Renewed Jewish Role Models in Goldfaden and Halkin / Seth L. Wolitz -- 6. Yiddish Theatre in Vienna, 1880-1938 / Brigitte Dalinger -- 7. Stories in Song: The Melo-deklamatsyes of Joseph Markovitsh / David Mazower -- 8. From Goldfaden to Goldfaden in Cracow's Jewish Theatres / Miroslawa M. Bulat -- 9. 'Exit, Pursued by a Bear': Russian Administrators and the Ban on Yiddish Theatre in Imperial Russia / John Klier -- 10. The Censorship of Sholem Asch's Got fun nekome, London, 1946 / Leonard Prager -- 11. The Child Who Wouldn't Grow Up: Yiddish Theatre and its Critics / Nina Warnke |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [221]-255) and index |
| Subject |
Judaism and literature -- Congresses.
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Theater, Yiddish -- Congresses.
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Yiddish drama -- History and criticism -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Berkowitz, Joel, 1965-
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| LC no. |
2003040264 |
| ISBN |
1874774811 |
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