The revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917
By: Barry Trachtenberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Publisher: Syracuse University Press; Syrcause University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New YorK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780815631903
Subjects: Niger, Samuel, -- 1883-1955; Borochov, Ber, -- 1881-1917; Shṭif, Naḥum, -- 1879-1933; Yiddish language -- Russia -- History -- 20th century; Yiddish language -- Social aspects -- Russia; Jews -- Russia -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
Description: "At the beginning of the twentieth century, Yiddish was widely viewed, even by many of its speakers, as a corrupt form of German that Jews had to abandon if they hoped to engage in serious intellectual, cultural, or political work. Yet by 1917 it was the dominant language of the Russian Jewish press, a medium for modern literary criticism, a vehicle for science and learning, and the foundation of an ideology of Jewish liberation. The Revolutionary Roots of Modern Yiddish, 1903-1917 investigates how this change in status occurred and focuses on the three major figures responsible for its transformation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Yiddish as instrument and ideology; title: The Jewish revolution of 1905; title: From jargon to visnshaft; title: Shmuel Niger and the making of Yiddish high culture; title: Ber Borochov: science in service of the revolution; title: Nokhem Shtif: a contrarian's Yiddishism.