Dybbuk and the Yiddish Imagination: A Haunted Reader

by Joachim Neugroschel

Book Overview

he most famous play in the Yiddish repertoire, S. Ansky's The Dybbuk has been made into two films and three operas and has been staged all over the world. As an extraordinary product of the Yiddish imagination, however, its literary and religious roots have never been thoroughly explored.

With a new translation of Ansky's play that conveys its brilliant supernatural poetry, this anthology comprises thirty highly diverse literary masterpieces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815628722
• ISBN13: 9780815628729
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Syracuse University Publications in Continuin
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"