| Description |
1 online resource (300 pages) |
| Series |
Jews in Eastern Europe Ser |
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Jews in Eastern Europe Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; The Social Life of Jewish Theater in the Russian Empire: An Introduction; 1. Goldfaden, Elite (1876-1883); 2. The Rise of the Yiddish Actor; 3. The Rise of the Yiddish Theater Audience; 4. The Rise of the Yiddish Playwright; 5. The Rise of the Female Yiddish Actor; 6. The Ban, Cultural Momentum, and the Modern Yiddish Theater; Afterword: Modern Yiddish Theater and the Extravernacular; Appendix I: Synopses of Goldfaden's Operettas; Appendix II: The Sorceress |
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Appendix III: Excerpt from the Memoirs of Avrom FishzonBibliography; Index; About the Author |
| Summary |
Alyssa Quint explores the early years of the modern Yiddish theater, from roughly 1876 to 1883, through the works of one of its best-known and most colorful figures, Avrom Goldfaden |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Goldfaden, Abraham, 1840-1908 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Goldfaden, Abraham, 1840-1908 fast |
| Subject |
Theater, Yiddish -- Russia -- History -- 19th century
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Theater, Yiddish
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Russia
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780253038623 |
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0253038626 |
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