Yiddish Fiction and the Crisis of Modernity, 1905-1914

"Krutikov's work is a welcome addition to the growing field of Yiddish literary studies."--The Russian Review
"In this remarkably readable book, Krutikov constructs, with elegance and rigor, sturdy bridges built out of the disparate offerings of Yiddish litterateurs spanning the turbulent, shifting historical terrain between the Russian revolution in 1905 and the onset of World War I in 1914 . . . .This book is requisite for scholars and students of history, literary theory and criticism, and twentieth-century Yiddish literature. It will undoubtedly be captivating for the general reader as well."--Religious Studies Review

About the author

Mikhail Krutikov is Associate Professor of Slavic and Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the author of Yiddish Fiction and the Crisis of Modernity, 1905-1914 (Stanford University Press, 2001).

Summary

Examines representations of modernity in Yiddish literature between the Russian revolution of 1905 and the beginning of World War I. Within Jewish society, and particularly Eastern European Jewish society, modernity was often experienced as a series of threats to traditional Jewish life.

Additional text

"His sophisticated deployment of Marxist theory and modern critical methodologies, coupled with his wide reading in several languages, has ensured that his study is not only stimulating in itself, but will create a seedbed for new approaches to Yiddish fiction."

Product details

• Authors: Mikhail Krutikov, Krutikov Mikhail
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.08.2002
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures
• EAN: 9780804735469
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-3546-9
• Pages: 264
• Dimensions (packing): 16.2 x 23.6 x 2.1 cm
• Weight (packing): 485 g
• Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His; Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture; Stanford Studies in Jewish His
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish; Literature - Classics / Criticism