| The Image of the Shtetl and Other Studies of Modern Jewish Literary Imagination Contributor(s): Miron, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815628579 ISBN-13: 9780815628576 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: While A Traveler Disguised focused on the rhetoric of the speaking voice or the persona in these classics, the nine essays gathered here concentrate on the artistic reconstruction of the "world" conveyed by that persona. As much as the earlier volume put to rest the conventional understanding of "Mendele the Book-Peddler" as a mere representative of the author, Sh. Y. Abramovitsh, this book invalidates the common views of the literary shtetl as a mere mimetic reflection of the historical Jewish shtetl of Eastern Europe and examines its structure as an autonomous aesthetic construct. These essays dwell particularly on the fictional modalities displayed in some of Sholem Aleichem's major works. They also offer innovative insights into the works of both earlier and later masters such as A. M. Dik, Y. Aksenfeld, Y. Y. Linetski and Sh. Y. Abramovitsh, Y. L. Peretz, I. M. Vaysenberg, Sh. Asch, D. Bergelson, and I. B. Singer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
| Dewey: 839.133 |
| LCCN: 99040005 |
| Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.29" W x 9.32" (1.55 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume - a sequel to the author's A traveler disguised - further develops the analysis of the fictionality and aesthetic autonomy of the classics of Yiddish fiction. The essays in this work concentrate on the artistic reconstruction of the world. |