The Jewish Book of Fables - Selected Works

Expertly translated from the Yiddish by award-winning author and translator Curt Leviant, this edition features the fables printed in both English and Yiddish.

About the author

Eliezer Shtaynbarg (1880-1932) was one of the most original and talented of the Yiddish poet/writers. His works have been translated into many languages worldwide.

Curt Leviant is professor of Hebrew and Yiddish at Rutgers University and is the author of several books, including the novels The Yemenite Girl and Diary of an Adulterous Woman, both published by Syracuse University Press.

Summary

The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. It was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. This text is devoted to Shtaynbarg's work.

Product details

• Authors: Curt Leviant, Eliezer Shtaynbarg
• Assisted by: Curt Leviant (Editor), Curt Leviant (Translation)
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.2003
• EAN: 9780815607182
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0718-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 233 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Judaic Traditions in Literatur; Judaic Traditions in Literatur; Judaic Traditions in LIterature, Music, and Art
• Subjects: Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore