Overview
- Uniform Title
- Introduction à la littérature yiddish ancienne. English
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005
- Contents
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The invention of a language: Yiddish among the European vernaculars
The emergence of Yiddish literature and the crisis in Jewish society
The printing, distribution, and audience of Yiddish books
Bilingualism and the development of old Yiddish literature
Yiddish Bibles
Medieval epic and romance in Yiddish
Elia Levita and the romanzo cavalleresco
Books of morality and conduct
Prayer in the vernacular
Yiddish narrative
Terrestrial suffering in a topsy-turvy world. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-444) and index.
The invention of a language: Yiddish among the European vernaculars -- The emergence of Yiddish literature and the crisis in Jewish society -- The printing, distribution, and audience of Yiddish books -- Bilingualism and the development of old Yiddish literature -- Yiddish Bibles -- Medieval epic and romance in Yiddish -- Elia Levita and the romanzo cavalleresco -- Books of morality and conduct -- Prayer in the vernacular -- Yiddish narrative -- Terrestrial suffering in a topsy-turvy world.
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- English
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Table of contents
- ISBN
- 0199276331
- Physical Description
- xviii, 459 pages ; 24 cm
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