Voices of Jewish-Russian literature : an anthology / edited with introductory essays by Maxim D. Shrayer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shrayer, Maxim, 1967- editor.

Series:

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy.

Jews of Russia & Eastern Europe and their legacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Russian literature--Jewish authors--19th century--Translations into English.

Russian literature.

Russian literature--Jewish authors--20th century--Translations into English.

Jews--Fiction.

Jews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1036 p.)

Place of Publication:

Brighton, Massachusetts : Academic Studies Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Edited by Maxim D. Shrayer, a leading specialist in Russia's Jewish culture, this definitive anthology of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, nonfiction and poetry by eighty Jewish-Russian writers explores both timeless themes and specific tribulations of a people's history. A living record of the rich and vibrant legacy of Russia's Jews, this reader-friendly and comprehensive anthology features original English translations. In its selection and presentation, the anthology tilts in favor of human interest and readability. It is organized both chronologically and topically (e.g. "Seething Times: 1860s-1880s"; "Revolution and Emigration: 1920s-1930s"; "Late Soviet Empire and Collapse: 1960s-1990s"). A comprehensive headnote introduces each section. Individual selections have short essays containing information about the authors and the works that are relevant to the topic. The editor's opening essay introduces the topic and relevant contexts at the beginning of the volume; the overview by the leading historian of Russian Jewry John D. Klier appears the end of the volume. Over 500,000 Russian-speaking Jews presently live in America and about 1 million in Israel, while only about 170,000 Jews remain in Russia. The great outflux of Jews from the former USSR and the post-Soviet states has changed the cultural habitat of world Jewry. A formidable force and a new Jewish Diaspora, Russian Jews are transforming the texture of daily life in the US and Canada, and Israel. A living memory, a space of survival and a record of success, Voice of Jewish-Russian Literature ensures the preservation and accessibility of the rich legacy of Russian-speaking Jews.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Transliteration, Spelling of Names, and Dates

Note on How to Use This Anthology

General Introduction: The Legacy of Jewish-Russian Literature / Shrayer, Maxim D.

Early Voices: 1800s-1850s

Editor's Introduction

Leyba Nevakhovich (1776-1831)

Leon Mandelstam (1819-1889)

Ruvim Kulisher (1828-1896)

Osip Rabinovich (1817-1869)

Seething Times: 1860s-1880s

Lev Levanda (1835-1888)

Grigory Bogrov (1825-1885)

Rashel Khin (1861-1928)

Semyon Nadson (1862-1887)

On the Eve: 1890s-1910s

Ben-Ami (1854-1932)

David Aizman (1869-1922)

Semyon Yushkevich (1868-1927)

Vladimir Jabotinsky (1880-1940)

Sasha Cherny (1880-1932)

S. An-sky (1863-1920)

Samuil Marshak (1887-1964)

Sofia Parnok (1885-1933)

Leonid Kannegiser (1896-1918)

Revolution and Emigration: 1920s-1930s

Lev Lunts (1901-1924)

Veniamin Kaverin (1902-1989)

Vladislav Khodasevich (1886-1939)

Andrey Sobol (1888-1926)

Ilya Ehrenburg (1891-1967)

Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984)

Matvey Royzman (1896-1973)

Mark Aldanov (1886-1957)

Osip Mandelstam (1891-1938)

Dovid Knut (1900-1955)

Evgeny Shklyar (1894-1942)

Isaac Babel (1894-1940)

Vera Inber (1890-1972)

Elizaveta Polonskaya (1890-1969)

Viktor Fink (1888-1973)

Semyon Kirsanov (1906-1972)

Eduard Bagritsky (1895-1934)

Mark Egart (1901-1956)

Ilya Ilf (1897-1937) and Evgeny Petrov (1903-1942)

Raisa Blokh (1899-1943)

War and Shoah: 1940s

Boris Yampolsky (1912-1972)

Ilya Selvinsky (1899-1968)

Sofia Dubnova-Erlich (1885-1986)

Vasily Grossman (1905-1964)

Lev Ozerov (1914-1996)

Pavel Antokolsky (1896-1978)

Yury German (1910-1967)

Boris Pasternak (1890-1960)

The Thaw: 1950s-1960s

Boris Slutsky (1919-1986)

Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996)

Vladimir Britanishsky (1933-2015)

Yuly Daniel (1925-1988)

Emmanuil Kazakevich (1913-1962)

Yan Satunovsky (1913-1982)

Late Soviet Empire and Collapse: 1960s-1990s

Vassily Aksyonov (1932-2009)

Aleksandr Kushner (b. 1936)

Genrikh Sapgir (1928-1999)

Aleksandr Aronov (1934-2001)

Semyon Lipkin (1911-2003)

Yury Karabchievsky (1938-1992)

Inna Lisnyanskaya (1928-2014)

Anatoly Rybakov (1911-1998)

Yury Trifonov (1925-1981)

Lev Ginzburg (1921-1980)

Evgeny Reyn (b. 1935)

Sara Pogreb (b. 1921)

Israel Metter (1909-1996)

Aleksandr Mezhirov (1923-2009)

Bella Ulanovskaya (1943-2005)

Aleksandr Melikhov (b. 1947)

Ludmila Ulitskaya (b. 1943)

The Jewish Exodus: 1970s-1990s

Lev Mak (b. 1939)

Boris Khazanov (b. 1928)

Ilia Bokstein (1937-1999)

David Markish (b. 1938)

Michael Kreps (1940-1994)

Philip Isaac Berman (b. 1936)

Ruth Zernova (1919-2004)

David Shrayer-Petrov (b. 1936)

Marina Temkina (b. 1948)

Dina Rubina (b. 1953)

Friedrich Gorenstein (1932-2002)

Anna Gorenko (1972-1999)

Outline of Jewish-Russian History / Klier, John D.

The Jews in Russia and The Soviet Union, 1772-2000: A Selected Bibliography

Bibliography of Primary Sources

Index of Authors

Index of Translators (with names of authors' translated)

Index of Names, Works, and Subjects

About the Editor

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-64469-241-4

1-64469-152-3

1-61811-793-9

OCLC:

1135591786