Jewish Literatures in Spanish and Portuguese - A Comprehensive Handbook

This volume offers a thorough introduction to Jewish world literatures in Spanish and Portuguese, which not only addresses the coexistence of cultures, but also the functions of a literary and linguistic space of negotiation in this context. From the Middle Ages to present day, the compendium explores the main Jewish chapters within Spanish- and Portuguese-language world literature, whether from Europe, Latin America, or other parts of the world. No comprehensive survey of this area has been undertaken so far. Yet only a broad focus of this kind can show how diasporic Jewish literatures have been (and are ) - while closely tied to their own traditions - deeply intertwined with local and global literary developments; and how the aesthetic praxis they introduced played a decisive, formative role in the history of literature. With this epistemic claim, the volume aims at steering clear of isolationist approaches to Jewish literatures.

Product details

• Assisted by: Ruth Fine (Editor), Susanne Zepp (Editor)
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2025
• EAN: 9783112215586
• ISBN: 978-3-11-221558-6
• No. of pages: 678
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 37 mm x 240 mm
• Weight: 1145 g
• Illustrations: 2 b/w ill.
• Series: De Gruyter Reference
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Romance linguistics / literary studies; Cultural History, Comparative Literature, Jewish Studies, Literature: history & criticism, LIT004210 LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish