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The Meaning of Yiddish (Paperback, 1 New Ed)
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The Meaning of Yiddish (Paperback, 1 New Ed)
Series: Contraversions: Jews and Other Differences
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With a rare combination of erudition and insight, the author
investigates the major aspects of Yiddish language and culture,
showing where Yiddish came from and what it has to offer, even as
it ceases to be a "living" language.
"Reviews"
"Harshav's book is a first-class study of Yiddish as both language
and culture, rich with linguistic detail and historical insight,
expert in its literary analysis and judgments. I recommend it
enthusiastically."
--Irving Howe,
Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New
York
""The Meaning of Yiddish" is the most important contribution to the
study of Yiddish language and literature in recent times."
--Chana Kronfeld,
University of California, Berkeley
""The Meaning of Yiddish" is explicitly intended for 'readers who
bring to it no previous knowledge, only curiosity.' . . . 'My
central question, ' Harshav writes in the preface, 'is: "Yiddish:
what was it"? What kind of world was it? How can we read the
intersections of meaning its texts seem to provide? How did it lead
in and out of Jewish history, moving between the internal Jewish
world and the cultures of Christian Europe and America?' I know of
no other single book in any language which could respond to these
questions by conveying to the uninitiated . . . such a richly
textured profile of the nature and dynamics of both the Yiddish
language and its literature. It is a remarkable feat of high
popularization, written with great flair and without a hint of
pedantry, its examples always to the point and often memorable in
themselves. . . . The book should be read by all who are interested
in language, in literature, and in the modern Jewish experience."
--"Times Literary Supplement"
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