The five short novellas which comprise this anthology were written
between 1890 and World War I. All share a common setting--the
Eastern European Jewish town or shtetl, and all deal in different
ways with a single topic--the Jewish confrontation with modernity.
The authors of these novellas are among the greatest masters of
Yiddish prose. In their work, today's reader will discover a
literary tradition of considerable scope, energy, and variety and
will come face to face with an exceptionally memorable cast of
characters and with a human community now irrevocably lost. In her
general introduction, Professor Wisse traces the development of
modern Yiddish literature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
and describes the many shifts that took place between the Yiddish
writers and the world about which they wrote. She also furnishes a
brief introduction for each novella, giving the historical and
biographical background and offering a critical interpretation of
the work.
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