ISBN:
9780822945062
,
0822945061
Language:
English
Pages:
x, 246 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2017
DDC:
839/.11309
Keywords:
Naidus, Leib Criticism and interpretation
;
Naidus, Leib
;
Naidus, Leib
;
Exiles in literature
;
Yiddish literature 20th century
;
Yiddish poetry 20th century
;
Exiles in literature
;
Yiddish literature
;
Yiddish poetry
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Abstract:
Introduction: Leyb Naydus, Yiddish argonaut -- 1 Diaspora internationalism -- 2 Judeomeorphism -- 3 "Full of Gold and perfume": Naydus and the sonnet -- 4 Eastward Ho!: Naydus's exoticism and Orientalism -- 5 Conclusion -- Naydus Studies / Naftoli Vaynig -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
Leyb Naydus (1890{u2013}1918) expanded the possibilities of Yiddish poetry via his rich cosmopolitan works, introducing a wealth of themes and forms seldom seen in that language, including some of its first sonnets of literary merit. Literary critic Naftoli Vaynig{u2019}s lengthy essay on Naydus, written in 1943 in the Vilne Ghetto, makes a remarkable case for why the poems of this cosmopolitan aesthete, who died so tragically young, should serve as a fitting emblem for a culture threatened with extinction. Exile as Home, which includes a translation of Vaynig{u2019}s essay, 'Naydus Studies', extends that argument. --
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index
