I. L. Peretz and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture

Informationen zum Autor Ruth R. Wisse is research professor of Yiddish and comparative literature at Harvard University. She is the author of The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey through Language and Culture and editor of The I. L. Peretz Reader . Klappentext I. L. Peretz (1852-1915), the father of modern Yiddish literature, was a master storyteller and social critic who advocated a radical shift from religious observance to secular Jewish culture. Wisse explores Peretz's writings in relation to his ideology, which sought to create a strong Jewish identity separate from the trappings of religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Reason and Faith 2. Nation and Class 3. Hope and Fear Notes Index

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ruth R Wisse, Ruth R. Wisse
• Verlag: University Of Washington Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.07.2015
• EAN: 9780295994796
• ISBN: 978-0-295-99479-6
• Seiten: 146
• Serien: Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectu; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectu; Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish StudiesSamuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Stu
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Judentum; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Ethnic Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, Literature - Classics / Criticism, RELIGION / Judaism / Rituals & Practice, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies