Title: The revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: History, Intellectual life, Jews, Social aspects, Social aspects of Yiddish language, Yiddish language, Jews, russia (federation), Russia (federation), social conditions, Jews, intellectual life
Places: Russia
People: Ber Borochov (1881-1917), Naḥum Shṭif (1879-1933), Samuel Niger (1883-1955)
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PJ5113 .T728 2008