Around the point
Subtitle: studies in Jewish literature and culture in multiple languages
By: edited by Hillel Weis, Roman Katsman and Ber Kotlerman
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 696
ISBN-13: 9781443855778
Subjects: Jewish literature; History and criticism
Description: Around the Point is a unique collection that brings to readers the works of almost thirty scholars dealing with Jewish literature in various Jewish and non-Jewish languages, such as Hebrew, Yiddish, Ladino, French, Italian, German, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, and Russian. Although this volume does not cover all the languages of Jewish letters, it is a significant endeavor in establishing the realm of multilingual international study of Jewish literature and culture. Among the questions under discussion, are the problems of the definition of Jewish identity and literature, literary history, language choice and diglossy, lingual and cultural influences, intertextuality, Holocaust literature, Kabbala and Hassidism, Jewish poetics, theatre and art, and the problems of the acceptance of literature. (Publisher's website).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.