Women Writers of Yiddish Literature: Critical Essays

Book Overview

Taking stock of Yiddish literature in 1939, critic Shmuel Niger highlighted the increasing number and importance of women writers. However, awareness of women Yiddish writers diminished over the years. Today, a modest body of novels, short stories, poems and essays by Yiddish women may be found in English translation online and in print, and little in the way of literary history and criticism is available. This collection of critical essays is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786468815
• ISBN13: 9780786468812
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher