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The Emergence of Early Yiddish Literature: Cultural Translation in Ashkenaz

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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.

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The Emergence of Early Yiddish Literature: Cultural Translation in Ashkenaz 2017, Indiana University Press, Bloomington, IN

ISBN-13: 9780253025517

Hardcover