The Emergence of Early Yiddish Literature

Jerold C. Frakes

Description

While much early Yiddish literature belonged to pious genres, quasi-secular genres—epic, drama, and lyric—also developed. Jerold Frakes contends that the historical context of the emergence of Yiddish literature is an essential factor in any understanding of its cultural relevance in a time and place where Jewish life was defined by expulsions, massacres, and discriminatory legislation that profoundly altered European Judaism and shook the very foundations of traditional Jewish society.

Preface
Abbreviations
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. "Whither am I to Go?": Old Yiddish Love Song in a European Context
3. (Non-)Intersecting Parallel Lives: Pasquino in Rome and on the Rialto
4. Purimplay as Political Action in Diasporic Europe and/as Ancient Persia
5. Queen Vashti and Political Revolution: Gender Politics in a Topsy-Turvy World
6. The Political Liminality of Mordecai in Early Ashkenaz
7. Feudal Bridal-Quest Turned on its Jewish Head
8. The Other of Another Other: Yiddish Epic's Discarded Muslim Enemy
9. Conclusion
Appendix: Elia Levita's Short Poems (English translation)
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Sujets

• Jews
• Literary criticism

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 26 juin 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253025685
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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THE EMERGENCE OF EARLY YIDDISH LITERATURE

G E R M A N J E W I S H C U LT U R E S

Editorial Board:

Matthew Handelman, Michigan State University Iris Idelson, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main Samuel Spinner, Johns Hopkins University Joshua Teplitsky, Stony Brook University Kerry Wallach, Gettysburg College

Sponsored by the Leo Baeck Institute London

 The EMERGENCE of EARLY YIDDISH LITERATURE

Cultural Translation in Ashkenaz

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Nô pà ô îŝ ôôk mà é épôdûçéd ô ûîîzéd î à ôm ô  à méàŝ, ééçôîç ô méçàîçà, îçûdî pôôçôpî àd éçôdî, ô  à îômàîô ŝôàé àd éîévà ŝŝém, wîôû pémîŝŝîô î wîî

ôm é pûîŝé. Hé Aŝŝôçîàîô ô Améîçà Uîvéŝî Péŝŝéŝ’ Réŝôûîô ô Pémîŝŝîôŝ çôŝîûéŝ é ô éxçépîô ô îŝ pôîîîô.

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ix Açkôwédméŝ

xi Aévîàîôŝ

1 1. ïôdûçîô

33 2. “Wîé Am ï ô Gô?”: Od Yîddîŝ Lôvé Sô î à Eûôpéà Côéx

49 3. (Nô-)ïéŝéçî Pààé Lîvéŝ: Pàŝqûîô î Rômé àd ô é Rîàô

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83 4. Pûîm Pà àŝ Pôîîçà Açîô î Dîàŝpôîç Eûôpé àd/àŝ Açîé Péŝîà

115 5. Vàŝî àd Pôîîçà Révôûîô: Gédé Pôîîçŝ î à ôpŝ-ûv Wôd

131 6. Hé Pôîîçà Lîmîàî ô Môdéçàî î Eà Aŝkéàz

151 7. éûdà Bîdà Qûéŝ ûéd ô ïŝ Jéwîŝ éàd

191 8. Hé Oé ô Aôé Oé: Yîddîŝ Epîç’ŝ Dîŝçàdéd Mûŝîm Eém

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229 9. Côçûŝîô

233 Appédîx: Eîà Lévîà’ŝ Sô Pôémŝ (Eîŝ àŝàîô)

257 Bîîôàp

285 ïdéx

Preface

he sub-cultural focus ô îŝ ôôk îŝ pîmàî ô ôŝé îéà ôdéàdŝ à îé éwéé é pîmàî ééw-Aàmàîç çôé ô é àdîîôà Aŝké- àzîç éxûà çûûé àd é vàŝ éàm ô Géîé îéà çûûé éôd é pàé, éŝpéçîà î é éxûà wôdŝ ô Mîddé î Gémà, Réàîŝŝàçé ïà- îà, àd ûmàîŝ Làî. Hé ààîçà ôçûŝ ô é ôôk îŝ ô é péîôd dûî wîç Yîddîŝ émééd àŝ à îéà àûàé î é îéŝîîà çûûà çôéx ô ôŝé Jéwîŝ àd Géîé éxûà wôdŝ. Aŝ Béjàmî àŝàv àŝ àŝûé émàkéd, “ééw pôé î é pàŝ éé mîéîà àd Yîddîŝ pôé î é pàŝ ŝévé ûdéd éàŝ wéé ŝîûàéd î é mîdŝ ô àûàéŝ ô éçéŝŝàî 1 éàéd, màkî ém ‘çômpààîvé’ îéàûéŝ pà éxçééçé.” Hîŝ ôôk îŝ ûŝ à à îméŝ à wôk ô çômpààîvé ŝûdîéŝ, péàpŝ évé î wô ŝéŝéŝ ô é ŝîp- pé û ôTé ûŝéû déŝîàîô “çômpààîvé îéàûé”: î “éàéŝ” éxŝ ô wô ô môé çûûà àdîîôŝ (î.é., é môé-ô-éŝŝ çôvéîôà pé-Déîdéà déIîîô ô é Iéd) à é ŝàmé îmé àŝ î àŝô àîçûàéŝ ôŝé éxŝ wî dîŝ- çôûŝéŝ ô édé, çûûà îdéî, éŝîŝàçé ô çûûà Oéîzî, àd pé- pôŝçôôîàîŝm (î.é., ŝévéà ô é pôŝ-Déîdéà çôçéŝ ô é Iéd). ï îŝ ûŝ ô à à—ô à éàŝ ô ŝîmp—à ôôk î é Iéd ô Yîddîŝ ŝûdîéŝ, àd ôŝé éxpéçî ŝûç à ôôk àé îké ô Id émŝévéŝ ô ûàmîîà, ô ô ŝà û- çômôàé, ôûd. ï îŝ ô—ô ûŝé Rôé BôI’ŝ àçîçà émpôéd émî- ôô (î à vé dîFéé çôéx)—çéîpéà, îwàd-àçî, éxçûŝîôà, û vîôôûŝ çéîûà, ôûwàd-àçî, îçûŝîôà. Hé ôôk àŝ àd à ô éŝàîô péîôd, dàî àçk ô . Péîmîà véŝîôŝ ô pàŝ ô ŝévéà çàpéŝ àvé éé péŝééd pûîç à à ûmé ô çôééçéŝ àd ûîvéŝî ôà: é wéT Wôd Côéŝŝ ô Jéwîŝ Sûdîéŝ, é Aŝŝôçîàîô ô Jéwîŝ Sûdîéŝ, é Améîçà Cômpààîvé Lîéàûé Aŝŝô- çîàîô, é Réàîŝŝàçé Sôçîé ô Améîçà, é Sîxéé Céû Sûdîéŝ Cô- ééçé, é Môdé Làûàé Aŝŝôçîàîô, é Oxôd Céé ô ééw àd

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Jéwîŝ Sûdîéŝ, ôdàm Uîvéŝî, Côûmîà Uîvéŝî, àvàd Uîvéŝî, é Uîvéŝî ô Càîôîà (Békéé), MçGî Uîvéŝî, Bôŝô Uîvéŝî, Bô฀àzîÇî Üîvéŝîéŝî (ïŝàû), é ûmôd Uîvéŝîä (Béî), é Uîvé- ŝî ô ôôô, àd é UîvéŝîÀ déî Sûdî dî Pàémô. ï àddîîô ô é àéd- ééŝ à ôŝé pûîç péŝéàîôŝ, mà ô wôm ôFééd îŝîû qûéŝîôŝ àd çômméŝ à éd mé ô ûé îkî àd éîkî, ï wôûd àŝô îké ô àk é éôwŝ ô é ŝémîà ô é Nàîôà Edôwmé ô é ûmàîîéŝ (“Sàpî Cîvîç Spàçé î Réàîŝŝàçé Véîçé,” Véîçé, Sûmmé 00, dîéçôŝ: Déîŝ Rômàô àd Gà Ràdké) wô ôFééd éçà çîîqûéŝ ô çàpé . ï àm éŝpéçîà àéû ô é RàdçîFé ïŝîûé ô Advàçéd Sûd à àvàd Uîvéŝî (0–0) àd é Jô Sîmô Gûééîm Mémôîà ôûdàîô (0–0) ô éŝéàç éôwŝîpŝ ŝpéçîIçà î ŝûppô ô îŝ pôjéç.

Nô-Rômà àpàéîç éxŝ wî é éàéd àŝ ôôwŝ: éx çîàîôŝ àé pé- ŝééd î é ôîîà ôôàp (wî Eîŝ àŝàîô wéé àppôpîàé; ûéŝŝôéwîŝéôéd,àŝàîôŝàémôw);pé-îééé-çéûîéŝ àé îîîà péŝééd î é ôîîà ôôàp, àô wî à Eîŝ àŝà- îô à îŝ é ééà ûŝéd ééàTé; îéŝ ôm péîôdŝ ŝîçé é îé- éé çéû àé àŝçîéd àççôdî ô ŝàdàd àçàdémîç Rômà-àpàé àŝçîpîô ŝŝémŝ. Hîŝ dîŝîçîô îŝ màîàîéd î ôdé ô ô îvôvé é éàdé ô évé pàé î ô, ôTé (éé ôspecîicallyéévà) îŝôûé îŝ- ŝûéŝ ô àpô-pôémîçŝ ô éearlîerpéîôd ô é àûàéŝ.

Nôé

 1. Béjàmî àŝàv,hree housand Years of Hebrew Versîicatîon: Essays în Compara- tîve Prosody(Néw àvé, C: Yàé Uîvéŝî Péŝŝ, 0), xîv.

Acknowledgments

he author gratefully àçkôwédéŝ é kîd pémîŝŝîô àéd  é ô- ôwî îàîéŝ ô qûôé ôm é îdéîIéd dôçûméŝ î éî çôéçîôŝ. Hé Màŝé àd éôwŝ ô îî Côéé Càmîdé îî Côéé Lîà, .. îî Côéé Lîà, .. [olîmMS Add. ] Hé Sdîçŝ ô Càmîdé Uîvéŝî Lîà Càmîdé Uîvéŝî Lîà .-S. 0K Léîpzî, Uîvéŝîäŝîîôék B..  [olîmLéîpzî, Sàdîîôék ] Oxôd, Bôdéîà Lîà, MS Cà. O.  Mûîç, Bàéîŝçé Sààŝîîôék, Côd. é. 00 Mîà, Bîîôéçà Amôŝîàà, C.  î.

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