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Confessions of a Yiddish writer and other essays / Chava Rosenfarb ; edited by Goldie Morgentaler.
Van Pelt Library PJ5129.R59 A2 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rosenfarb, Chawa, 1923-2011, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Essays. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Yiddish
- Subjects (All):
- Rosenfarb, Chawa, 1923-2011.
- Rosenfarb, Chawa.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Authors, Yiddish.
- Canada.
- Holocaust survivors--Personal narratives.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Yiddish literature--History and criticism.
- Yiddish literature.
- Authors, Yiddish--Canada.
- Jewish women writers--Canada.
- Jewish women writers.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives.
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- xxxii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019]
- Language Note:
- All but one of the essays in this volume were written in Yiddish and translated into English.
- Summary:
- "Chava Rosenfarb (1923-2011) was one of the most prominent Yiddish novelists of the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Poland in 1923, she survived the Lodz ghetto, Auschwitz, and Bergen-Belsen, immigrating to Canada in 1950 and settling in Montreal. There she wrote novels, poetry, short stories, plays, and essays, including The Tree of Life: A Trilogy of Life in the Lodz Ghetto, a seminal novel on the Holocaust. Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays comprises thirteen personal and literary essays by Rosenfarb, ranging from autobiographical accounts of her childhood and experiences before and during the Holocaust to literary criticism that discusses the work of other Jewish writers. The collection also includes two travelogues, which recount a trip to Australia and another to Prague in 1993, the year it became the capital of the Czech Republic. While several of these essays appeared in the prestigious Yiddish literary journal Di goldene keyt, most were never translated. This book marks the first time that Rosenfarb's non-fiction writings have been presented together in English. A compilation of the memoir and diary excerpts that formed the basis of Rosenfarb's widely acclaimed fiction, Confessions of a Yiddish Writer and Other Essays deepens the reader's understanding of an incredible Yiddish woman and her experiences as a survivor in the post-Holocaust world. "-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Personal Essays
- Confessions of a Yiddish Writer p. 3
- Simkha-Bunim Shayevitch: Poet of the Lodz Ghetto p. 27
- Bergen-Belsen Diary, 1945 p. 53
- Shloymele p. 69
- Ramblings through Inner Continents: Notes from a Life p. 79
- Literary Essays
- Paul Celan: Jewish Writers and the Savage God p. 101
- Stefan Zweig, the German Language, and Suicide p. 122
- Sholem Asch and Isaac Bashevis Singer p. 131
- Feminism and Yiddish Literature: A Personal Approach p. 162
- A Yiddish Writer Reflects on Translation p. 177
- Harps on the St Lawrence: Yiddish Poets in Canada p. 192
- Travel
- Australian Notes, 1974 p. 213
- Laterna Magika, Prague 1993 p. 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Rosenfarb, Chawa, 1923-2011. Essays. Selections. Confessions of a Yiddish writer and other essays by Chava Rosenfarb.
- ISBN:
- 0773557032
- 9780773557031
- 9780773557024
- 0773557024
- OCLC:
- 1065882787
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