Music from a speeding train : Jewish literature in post-revolution Russia / Harriet Murav.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murav, Harriet, 1955-

Series:

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture.

Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.

Russian literature.

Russian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Yiddish literature--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Yiddish literature.

Yiddish literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work explores the Jewish space created by Jewish authors working within the limitations of the Soviet cultural system. It situates Russian- and Yiddish-language authors in the same literary universe - one in which modernism, revolution, and socialist realism join Jewish texts to provide the framework for literary creativity.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note on Transliteration and Translation""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: From the Revolution Through the Second World War""; ""1. The Stillbirth of Revolution""; ""2. Socialist Construction, the Luftmentsh, and the New Jew""; ""3. Fighting the Great Patriotic War""; ""4. In Mourning: Responding to the Destruction of the Jews""; ""Part II: Postwar Reconstructions""; ""Introduction""; ""5. Yeder zeyger a yortsayt: The Past as Memory in Postwar Literature""; ""6. Jewish Spaces and Retro-Shtetls""; ""7. Translating Empire""; ""8. Afterwards""; ""Notes""

""Works Cited""""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804779043

080477904X

OCLC:

923700009