Gennady Estraikh

Uncovering the Hidden

The Works and Life of Der Nister

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The book is based on the papers presented at the Mendel Friedman Yiddish conference held at St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, in August 2012, revisits the rich and diverse legacy of the Yiddish writer Pinkhas Kahanovitsh, known by his penname Der Mister.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 165mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780367601959
• ISBN-10: 0367601958
• Artikelnr.: 69890638

Autorenporträt

Gennady Estraikh

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Der Nister, Real and Imaginary 1. Der Nister's 'Hamburg
Score' 2. Der Nister's Hebrew Nosegay 3. Andersens Mayselekh and Der
Nister's Symbolist Agenda 4. A mayse mit a hon. Dos tsigele: Marc Chagall
illustrating Der Nister 5. The 'Political' Writings of an 'Unpolitical'
Yiddish Symbolist 6. Watch the Throne: Allegory, Kingship and Trauerspiel
in the Stories of Der Nister and Reb Nakhman 7. Turning My Soul Inside
Out': Text and Context of The Family Mashber 8. Symbolist Quest and
Grotesque Masks: The Family Mashber as Parable and Confession 9. The Feast
Has Ended': Time in the Family Mashber 10. We are lacking A Man Dieth in a
Tent': Der Nister's Search for Redemption in the Summer of 1947