The Emergence Of Early Yiddish Literature: Cultural Translation In Ashkenaz (German Jewish Cultures)

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Whither Am I to Go?": Old Yiddish Love Song in a European Context -- 3. (Non- )Intersecting Parallel Lives: Pasquino in Rome and on the Rialto -- 4. Purim Play as Political Action in Diasporic Europe and/as Ancient Persia -- 5. Vashti and Political Revolution: Gender Politics in a Topsy-Turvy World -- 6. The Political Liminality of Mordecai in Early Ashkenaz -- 7. Feudal Bridal Quest Turned on Its Jewish Head -- 8. The Other of Another Other: Yiddish Epic's Discarded Muslim Enemy -- 9. Conclusion -- Appendix: Elia Levita's Short Poems (English translation) -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y

• | Author: Jerold C. Frakes
• | Publisher: Indiana University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 26, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 352 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Literary Criticism
• | ISBN-10: 0253025516
• | ISBN-13: 9780253025517