Publication

2014 - Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England

Language

English

Word Count

174,000 words, Guess

Page Count

696 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC809.88924
  • LCCPN842 .A76 2014

Description

Around the Point is a unique collection that brings to readers the works of almost thirty scholars dealing with Jewish literature in various Jewish and non-Jewish languages, such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, and Russian. Although this volume does not cover all the languages of Jewish letters, it is a significant endeavor in establishing the realm of multilingual international study of Jewish literature and culture. Among the questions under discussion, are the problems of the definition of Jewish identity and literature, literary history, language choice and diglossy, lingual and cultural influences, intertextuality, Holocaust literature, Kabbala and Hassidism, Jewish poetics, theatre and art, and the problems of the acceptance of literature. (Publisher's website).

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