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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies
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Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Jewish vernacular culture in fifteenth-century Iberia -- Ladino in the sixteenth century: the emergence of a new vernacular literature -- Almosnino's epistles: a new genre for a new audience -- Almosnino's chronicles: the Ottoman Empire through the eyes of court Jews -- The first Ladino travelogue: Almosnino's treatise on the extremes of Constantinople -- Rabbis and merchants: new readers, new educational projects -- Epilogue: Moses Almosnino, a renaissance man? -- Appendix: The extremes of Constantinople. |
| Summary |
"Moses Almosnino (1518-1580), arguably the most famous Ottoman Sephardi writer and the only one who was known in Europe to both Jews and Christians, became renowned for his vernacular books that were admired by Ladino readers across many generations. While Almosnino's works were written in the style of contemporary Castilian, Olga Borovaya makes a strong argument for including them in the corpus of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) literature. Borovaya suggests that the history of Ladino literature begins at least 200 years earlier than previously believed and that Ladino, like most other languages, had more than one functional style. With careful historical work, Borovaya establishes a new framework for thinking about Ladino language and literature and the early history of European print culture"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Almosnino, Moses ben Baruch, approximately 1515-approximately 1580.
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Almosnino, Moses ben Baruch, approximately 1515-approximately 1580. |
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Ladino literature -- History and criticism.
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Ladino literature. |
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Sephardim -- Turkey -- Intellectual life.
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Sephardim. |
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Turkey. |
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Intellectual life. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Borovai͡a, O.V. (Olʹga Volʹfovna). Beginnings of Ladino literature. Bloomington and Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, [2016] 9780253025524 (DLC) 2016024515 |
| ISBN |
9780253025845 (electronic book) |
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0253025842 (electronic book) |
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9780253025524 (cl ; alkaline paper) |
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0253025524 |
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9780253025692 |
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0253025699 |
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