Title Classic Yiddish fiction : Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and Peretz / Ken Frieden

Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 364 pages) : illustrations, maps Series SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture Contents Front Matter -- Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE -- Contents -- Introduction -- Abramovitsh -- The Grandfather of Yiddish Literature -- S.Y. Abramovitsh: Mendele and the Origins of Modern Yiddish Fiction -- Satire and Parody in Abramovitsh's Later Fiction -- Sholem Aleichem -- The Grandson: Trials of a Yiddish Humoris -- Sholem Aleichem's ""Jewish Novels"" -- Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters' Rebellion -- Social Criticism in Sholem Aleichem's Monologues -- Sholem Aleichem's Monologues of Mastery -- Peretz The Father of Another Literary Family -- I.L. Peretz: Monologue and Madnessin the Early Stories -- Irony In I.L. Peretz's Chassidic Tales -- Back Matter -- Conclusion -- ABBREVIATIONS -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF AUTHORS AND WORKS -- Back Cover Summary Annotation Yiddish literature, despite its remarkable achievements during an era bounded by Russian reforms in the 1860s and the First World War, has never before been surveyed by a scholarly monograph in English. Classic Yiddish Fiction provides an overview and interprets the Yiddish fiction of S.Y. Abramovitsh, Sholem Aleichem, and I.L. Peretz. While analyzing their works, Frieden situates these three authors in their literary world and in relation to their cultural contexts. Two or three generations ago, Yiddish was the primary language of Jews in Europe and America. Today, following the Nazi genocide and half a century of vigorous assimilation, Yiddish is sinking into oblivion. By providing a bridge to the lost continent of Yiddish literature, Frieden returns to those European traditions. This journey back to Ashkenazic origins also encompasses broader horizons, since the development of Yiddish culture in Europe and America parallels the history of other ethnic traditions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Mendele Mokher Sefarim, 1835-1917 -- Criticism and interpretation Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 -- Criticism and interpretation Peretz, Isaac Leib, 1851 or 1852-1915 -- Criticism and interpretation SUBJECT Mendele Mokher Sefarim, 1835-1917 fast Peretz, Isaac Leib, 1851 or 1852-1915 fast Sholem Aleichem, 1859-1916 fast Subject Social problems in literature. Satire, Yiddish -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German. Satire, Yiddish Social problems in literature Fictie. Jiddisch. Literatura hebraica. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0585046026 9780585046020 9780791426012 0791426017 9780791426029 0791426025 143840333X 9781438403335

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