Jews and Ukrainians in Russia's Literary Borderlands : From the Shtetl Fair to the Petersburg Bookshop / Amelia M. Glaser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Glaser, Amelia.

Series:

Studies in Russian literature and theory.

Northwestern University Press Studies in Russian literature and theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Markets in literature.

Yiddish literature--Ukraine--History and criticism.

Yiddish literature.

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

Ukrainian literature.

Ukrainian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

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

Russian literature.

Russian literature--Ukraine--History and criticism.

Ukraine--Ethnic relations--History.

Ukraine.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 281 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Studies of Eastern European literature have largely confined themselves to a single language, culture, or nationality.In this highly original book, Glaser shows how writers working in Russian, Ukrainian, and Yiddish during much of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century were in intense conversation with one another.

Contents:

From enlightenment to revolution: a century of cultural transformation

Nikolai Gogol's commercial landscape (1829-1852)

Apelles's gallery: Kvitka-Osnov'ianenko and the critics (1833-1843)

The marketplace origins of modern Yiddish literature (1842-1916)

The market crucified: Peretz Markish's civil war (1917-1921)

Isaac Babel and the end of the bazaar (1914-1929)

From the fair.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-267) and index.

Description based on print version record.

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ISBN:

0-8101-6691-7

OCLC:

867784760