A rhetorical conversation
Subtitle: Jewish discourse and modern Yiddish literature
By: Jordan D. Finkin.
Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271036304
Subjects: Yiddish language; Hebrew language -- Influence on Yiddish; Yiddish literature -- Hebrew influences; Yiddish language -- Infinitive; Yiddish literature -- History and criticism; Bilingualism
Description: "Describes the role of traditional Jewish texts in the development of modern Yiddish literature, as well as the closely related development of modern Hebrew literature"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The case of the tautological infinitive; title: The language of Jewish discourse; title: Jewish discourse and modern Yiddish poetry; title: Conversational orchestration in the Tsenerene and Sholem Aleykhem; title: Y. L. Perets's conversational art in Yiddish and Hebrew.