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Early Yiddish Epic (Hardcover)
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Early Yiddish Epic (Hardcover)
Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art
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Unlike most other ancient European, Near Eastern, and Mediterranean
civilizations, Jewish culture surprisingly developed no early epic
tradition: while the Bible comprises a broad range of literary
genres, epic is not among them. Not until the late medieval period,
beginning in the fourteenth century, did an extensive and thriving
epic tradition emerge in Yiddish. Among the few dozen extant early
epics, there are several masterpieces, of which ten are translated
into English in this volume. Divided between the religious and the
secular, the book includes eight epics presented in their entirety,
an illustrative excerpt from another epic, and a brief heroic prose
tale. These texts have been chosen as the best and the most
interesting representatives of the genre in terms of cultural
history and literary quality: the pious ""epicizing"" of biblical
narrative, the swashbuckling medieval courtly epic, Arthurian
romance, heroic vignettes, intellectual high art, and popular camp.
General
Imprint: |
Syracuse University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art |
Release date: |
July 2014 |
First published: |
June 2014 |
Editors: |
Jerold C. Frakes
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
520 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8156-3355-6 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-8156-3355-6 |
Barcode: |
9780815633556 |
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