Author

Publication

1973 - Schocken Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

86,750 words, Guess

Page Count

347 pages

Identifiers

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Classifications

  • DDC839/.09/33
  • LCCPJ5129.A2 Z742

Description

This exposition of writer S. Y. Abramovitsh explores the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the nineteenth century.

Subjects

Topics

Yiddish fictionHistory and criticismCriticism and interpretationYiddish literature, history and criticismYiddish fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticismMendele Mokher Sefarim, 1835-1917 -- Criticism and interpretation

Times

Other Editions

  • A traveler disguised: a study in the rise of modern Yiddish fiction in the nineteenth century.Schocken Books1973-01-01

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