Deborah And Her Sisters: How One Nineteenth-Century Melodrama And A Host Of Celebrated Actresses Put Judaism On The World Stage (Jewish Culture And Contexts)

Before Fiddler on the Roof, there was Deborah, a blockbuster melodrama about a Jewish woman forsaken by her non-Jewish lover. Deborah and Her Sisters offers the first comprehensive history of this transnational phenomenon, focusing on its ability to bring Jews and non-Jews together during a period of increasing antisemitism.

• | Author: Jonathan M. Hess
• | Publisher: University Of Pennsylvania Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 24, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Drama
• | ISBN-10: 0812249585
• | ISBN-13: 9780812249583