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For whom do I toil? : Judah Leib Gordon and the crisis of Russian Jewry / Michael Stanislawski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stanislawski, Michael, 1952-
- Series:
- Studies in Jewish history.
- Studies in Jewish history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poets, Hebrew--Biography.
- Poets, Hebrew.
- Haskalah--Soviet Union.
- Haskalah.
- Ḥibbat Zion.
- Gordon, Judah Leib, 1830-1892.
- Gordon, Judah Leib.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages) : illustrations, portraits, plates
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century, and one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry. His personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in its history: challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today. This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry, and the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century. His personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in its history, challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today.
- Contents:
- 1 Introduction 2 From Vilna to Enlightenment (1830-1855) 3 The Beginnings of a Career (1855-1861) 4 ""Awake, My People!"" (1861-1865) 5 Religious Reform I: The Battle Is Pitched (1865-1868) 6 Religious Reform II: The Battle Is Joined (1868-1872) 7 St. Petersburg: Culture and Politics (1872-1877) 8 Exile (1877-1880) 9 Pogroms and the Crisis of Jewish Liberalism (1880-1881) 10 The Battle Over Zion (1881-1883) 11 Attack and Despair (1883-1888) 12 Conclusion (1888-1892) Notes Bibliography Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliography: p. 251-258 and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-52325-5
- 9786610523252
- 0-19-536464-3
- OCLC:
- 191943351
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