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Author Wacks, David A., author.

Title Double diaspora in Sephardic literature : Jewish cultural production before and after 1492 / David A. Wacks.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies
Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The year 1492 has long divided the study of Sephardic culture into two distinct periods, before and after the expulsion of Jews from Spain. David A. Wacks examines the works of Sephardic writers from the 13th to the 16th centuries and shows that this literature was shaped by two interwoven experiences of diaspora: first from the Biblical homeland Zion and later from the ancestral hostland, Sefarad. Jewish in Spain and Spanish abroad, these writers negotiated Jewish, Spanish, and diasporic idioms to produce a uniquely Sephardic perspective. Wacks brings Diaspora Studies into dialogue with medieval and early modern Sephardic literature for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Note on translation -- Introduction -- Diaspora studies for Sephardic culture -- Allegory and romance in diaspora: Jacob ben Elazar's book of tales -- Poetry in diaspora: from al-Andalus to Provence and back to Castile -- The anxiety of vernacularization: Shem Tov ben Isaac ibn Ardutiel de Carrión's Proverbios morales and debate between the pen and the scissors -- Diaspora as tragicomedy: Vidal Benvenist's Efer and Dina -- Empire and diaspora: Solomon ibn Verga's Shevet Yehudah and Joseph Karo's Magid Meisharim -- Reading Amadis in Constantinople: Spanish fiction in the key of diaspora -- Conclusion.
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Subject Jewish literature -- History and criticism.
Jewish literature.
Spanish literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.
Spanish literature -- Jewish authors.
Sephardic authors.
Sephardic authors.
Spanish literature -- 13th century -- History and criticism.
Spanish literature.
Chronological Term 13th century
Subject Spanish literature -- Classical period, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Spanish literature -- Foreign countries -- History and criticism.
Spanish literature -- Foreign countries.
Jewish diaspora in literature.
Jewish diaspora in literature.
Chronological Term 1200-1700
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Added Title Jewish cultural production before and after 1492
Other Form: Print version: Wacks, David A. Double diaspora in Sephardic literature 9780253015723 (DLC) 2014044168 (OCoLC)883645437
ISBN 9780253015761 (electronic book)
0253015766 (electronic book)
9780253015723
0253015723