The Image of the Shtetl and Other Studies of Modern Jewish Literary Imagination (Paperback, 1st ed)

While A Traveler Disguised focused on the rhetoric of the speaking voice or the persona in these classics, the nine essays gathered here concentrate on the artistic reconstruction of the "world" conveyed by that persona. As much as the earlier volume put to rest the conventional understanding of "Mendele the Book-Peddler" as a mere representative of the author, Sh. Y. Abramovitsh, this book invalidates the common views of the literary shtetl as a mere mimetic reflection of the historical Jewish shtetl of Eastern Europe and examines its structure as an autonomous aesthetic construct. These essays dwell particularly on the fictional modalities displayed in some of Sholem Aleichem's major works. They also offer innovative insights into the works of both earlier and later masters such as A. M. Dik, Y. Aksenfeld, Y .Y. Linetski and Sh. Y. Abramovitsh, Y. L. Peretz, I. M. Vaysenberg, Sh. Asch, D. Bergelson, and I. B. Singer.

General

Imprint:	Syracuse University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Judaic Traditions in LIterature, Music, and Art
Release date:	October 2000
First published:	October 2000
Authors:	Dan Miron
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	432
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-8156-2858-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General
LSN:	0-8156-2858-7
Barcode:	9780815628583

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