Title Jews and Ukrainians in Russia's literary borderlands : from the shtetl fair to the Petersburg bookshop / Amelia M. Glaser

Published Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory Studies in Russian literature and theory. Contents From enlightenment to revolution: a century of cultural transformation -- Nikolai Gogol's commercial landscape (1829-1852) -- Apelles's gallery: Kvitka-Osnov'ianenko and the critics (1833-1843) -- The marketplace origins of modern Yiddish literature (1842-1916) -- The market crucified: Peretz Markish's civil war (1917-1921) -- Isaac Babel and the end of the bazaar (1914-1929) -- From the fair Summary "Studies of Eastern European literature have largely confined themselves to a single language, culture, or nationality. In this highly original book, Glaser shows how writers working in Russian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish during much of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century were in intense conversation with one another. The marketplace was both the literal locale at which members of these different societies and cultures interacted with one another and a rich subject for representation in their art. It is commonplace to note the influence of Gogol on Russian literature, but Glaser shows him to have been a profound influence on Ukrainian and Yiddish literature as well. And she shows how Gogol must be understood not only within the context of his adopted city of St. Petersburg but also that of his native Ukraine. As Ukrainian and Yiddish literatures developed over this period, they were shaped by their geographical and cultural position on the margins of the Russian Empire. As distinctive as these writers may seem from one another, they are further illuminated by an appreciation of their common relationship to Russia. Glaser's book paints a far more complicated portrait than scholars have traditionally allowed of Jewish (particularly Yiddish) literature in the context of Eastern European and Russian culture."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-267) and index Notes Print version record Subject Markets in literature. Yiddish literature -- Ukraine -- History and criticism Ukrainian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Ukrainian literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism Russian literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism Russian literature -- Ukraine -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. Ethnic relations Markets in literature Russian literature Russian literature -- Jewish authors Ukrainian literature Yiddish literature SUBJECT Ukraine -- Ethnic relations -- History Subject Ukraine Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780810166912 0810166917

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