ISBN:
0199276331
Language:
English
Pages:
XVIII, 459 S.
Year of publication:
2005
Uniform Title:
Introduction à la littérature yiddish ancienne
DDC:
839/.109
Keywords:
Eliyahu Ba.hur
;
Levita, Elijah
;
Yiddish literature
;
Jewish religious literature
;
Tehinnot
;
Ethics in literature
;
Bible
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1700
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1800
;
Literatur
;
Bibel
;
Ethics in literature
;
Jewish religious literature History and criticism
;
Tehinnot
;
Yiddish literature History and criticism
;
Literatur
;
Jiddisch
;
Altjiddisch
;
Altjiddisch
;
Altjiddisch
;
Literatur
;
Jiddisch
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1700
;
Jiddisch
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte Anfänge-1800
Description / Table of Contents:
The invention of a language: Yiddish among the European vernaculars -- The emergence of Yiddish literature and the crisis in Jewish society -- The printing, distribution, and audience of Yiddish books -- Bilingualism and the development of old Yiddish literature -- Yiddish bibles -- Medieval epic and romance in Yiddish -- Elia Levita and the romanzo cavalleresco -- Books of morality and conduct -- Prayer in the vernacular -- Yiddish narrative -- Terrestrial suffering in a topsy-turvy world.
Note:
Nebentitel: Old Yiddish literature
,
Includes bibliographical references
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