Children and Yiddish Literature from Early Modernity to Post-Modernity

by Gennady Estraikh, Kerstin Hoge, Krutikov Mikhail

Book Overview

Children have occupied a prominent place in Yiddish literature since early modern times, but children's literature as a genre has its beginnings in the early 20th century. Its emergence reflected the desire of Jewish intellectuals to introduce modern forms of education, and promote ideological agendas, both in Eastern Europe and in immigrant communities elsewhere. Before the Second World War, a number of publishing houses and periodicals in Europe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190966233X
• ISBN13: 9781909662339
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.8"