Yiddish Literature in America 1870-2000

Volume 2

Fiction & Literature, Anthologies
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Author: Emmabuel S. Goldsmith ISBN: 9781499095173
Publisher: Xlibris US Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US Language: English
Author: Emmabuel S. Goldsmith
ISBN: 9781499095173
Publisher: Xlibris US
Publication: April 10, 2015
Imprint: Xlibris US
Language: English

In these splendid volumes, Emanuel Goldsmith as editor and Barnett Zumoff as translator have combined their enormous talents to create a first-ever anthology of Yiddish literature in Americafiction, poetry, and essays. Professor Curt Leviant, editor, Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature: Selections from Two Thousand Years of Jewish Creativity Finally, an anthology of Yiddish poetry, prose, and essays that introduces the English reader to the richness of Yiddish literature in America. This collection includes well-known authors like Sholem Aleichem and I. B. Singer and others like Yoni Fayn, Melekh Ravitsh and Dora Teytlboym largely unknown in English translation. Barnett Zumoffs careful and fluid translations take readers on a literary and cultural odyssey that will educate, surprise, and delight! Sheva Zucker, author of Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. 1 and 2; editor of the Yiddish magazine Afn Shvel An indispensable compendium, filled with treasures reflecting brilliant encounters between Old World and New. Jeremy Dauber, Professor, Columbia University, Yiddish Studies Department An important contribution to the field, bringing unknown treasures of Yiddish literature and thought to new readers, and for that we all owe the Editor and Translator a debt of gratitude. Aaron Lansky, president, National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

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In these splendid volumes, Emanuel Goldsmith as editor and Barnett Zumoff as translator have combined their enormous talents to create a first-ever anthology of Yiddish literature in Americafiction, poetry, and essays. Professor Curt Leviant, editor, Masterpieces of Hebrew Literature: Selections from Two Thousand Years of Jewish Creativity Finally, an anthology of Yiddish poetry, prose, and essays that introduces the English reader to the richness of Yiddish literature in America. This collection includes well-known authors like Sholem Aleichem and I. B. Singer and others like Yoni Fayn, Melekh Ravitsh and Dora Teytlboym largely unknown in English translation. Barnett Zumoffs careful and fluid translations take readers on a literary and cultural odyssey that will educate, surprise, and delight! Sheva Zucker, author of Yiddish: An Introduction to the Language, Literature & Culture, Vols. 1 and 2; editor of the Yiddish magazine Afn Shvel An indispensable compendium, filled with treasures reflecting brilliant encounters between Old World and New. Jeremy Dauber, Professor, Columbia University, Yiddish Studies Department An important contribution to the field, bringing unknown treasures of Yiddish literature and thought to new readers, and for that we all owe the Editor and Translator a debt of gratitude. Aaron Lansky, president, National Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

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