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Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature

Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature

by Jean Baumgarten
Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature
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ISBN-10:
0199276331
ISBN-13:
9780199276332
Pub. Date:
08/11/2005
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0199276331
ISBN-13:
9780199276332
Pub. Date:
08/11/2005
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature

Introduction to Old Yiddish Literature

by Jean Baumgarten

Overview

The field of early Yiddish studies has so far only been accessible to specialist scholars. This remarkable study opens up to a more general audience the cultural richness of that broad and deep corpus of literature that stretches from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the mid-eighteenth century. The literature spans a wide spectrum of genres, from love lyric to kabbalistic treatises, and from travelogue to Renaissance adventure epic. The diverse world of Ashkenazic Jewry comes alive in this survey of its literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780199276332
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 08/11/2005
Pages: 480
Product dimensions: 9.30(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Jean Baumgarten is Directeur de Recherche (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre des Hautes Etudes Juives, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales. Jerold C. Frakes is Professor of Comparative Literature, University of Southern California.

Table of Contents

1. The Invention of a Language: Yiddish among the European Vernaculars
2. The Emergence of Yiddish Literature and the Crisis in Jewish Society
3. The Printing, Distribution, and Audience of Yiddish Books
4. Bilingualism and the Development of Old Yiddish LIterature
5. Yiddish Bibles
6. Medieval Epic and Romance in Yiddish
7. Elia Bahur Levita and the ‘romanzo cavalleresco'
8. Books of Morality and Custom
9. Prayer in the Vernacular
10. Yiddish Narrative
11. Terrestrial Suffering in a Topsy-Turvy World
Conclusion: From the Old to the New
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