Dear Mendl, dear Reyzl : Yiddish letter manuals from Russia and America / Alice Nakhimovsky and Roberta Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nakhimovsky, Alice S., author.

Newman, Roberta, 1958- author.

Language:

English

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

Letter writing, Yiddish.

Yiddish letters--Translations into English.

Yiddish letters.

Genre:

Translations.

Narrative non-fiction.

Physical Description:

xxii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2014]

Summary:

At the turn of the 20th century, Jewish families scattered by migration could stay in touch only through letters. Jews in the Russian Empire and America wrote business letters, romantic letters, and emotionally intense family letters. But for many Jews who were unaccustomed to communicating their public and private thoughts in writing, correspondence was a challenge. How could they make sure their spelling was correct and they were organizing their thoughts properly? A popular solution was to consult brivnshtelers, Yiddish-language books of model letters. Dear Mendl, Dear Reyzl translates selections from these model-letter books and includes commentary and annotations that illuminate their role as guides to a past culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

The world of the brivnshteler

From the pages of brivnshtelers

Beyond letters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

National Jewish Book Awards - Anthologies and Collections, Winner, 2015

ISBN:

9780253011992

025301199X

9780253012036

0253012031

OCLC:

843859592