| Isaac Bashevis Singer: His Work and His World Contributor(s): Denman, Hugh (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004125647 ISBN-13: 9789004125643 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $207.10 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2002 Annotation: A quarter of a century after Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature it is time to take stock of his achievement. Penetrating studies of his fictional and autobiographical works by leading scholars in the field reveal that for all the acclaim he has received on the basis of the English versions of his works, no adequate evaluation of Bashevis's significance can be made without careful examination of the original Yiddish texts. Critical readings assess "inter alia his themes and motifs, the impact of Kabbalah on his work, reflections of society in his original Polish homeland as well as his place within the context of contemporary Jewish American letters and the canon of modern Yiddish and Hebrew writing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Interior Design - General - Biography & Autobiography - History | Jewish - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002066679 |
| Series: IJS Studies in Judaica |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.66" W x 9.72" (1.67 lbs) 318 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A quarter of a century after Isaac Bashevis Singer was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature it is time to take stock of his achievement. Penetrating studies of his fictional and autobiographical works by leading scholars in the field reveal that for all the acclaim he has received on the basis of the English versions of his works, no adequate evaluation of Bashevis's significance can be made without careful examination of the original Yiddish texts. Critical readings assess inter alia his themes and motifs, the impact of Kabbalah on his work, reflections of society in his original Polish homeland as well as his place within the context of contemporary Jewish American letters and the canon of modern Yiddish and Hebrew writing. |