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1 online resource (xiv, 375 pages). |
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German Jewish cultures
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German Jewish cultures.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Introduction: Weimar and Now -- Spectral Empires: Landscapes, Nation-States, and the Homelessness of Weimar Modernism. -- A Past Become Space: Alfred Döblin and Dovid Bergelson in Poland, the Soviet Union and Berlin -- At the Crossroads of the Twentieth Century: Neue Sachlichkeit and Dovid Bergelson's Berlin Stories -- Melancholic Conspiracies: Masks, Masques, and Baroque Aesthetics in Yiddish and German Modernism. Watch the Throne: The Baroque, the Gothic, and Symbolism in Der Nister's Early Stories -- Harold Lloyd and the Hermit: Popular Culture, Gothic Aesthetics, and the End of Der Nister's Symbolist Career -- Apocalyptic Origins: The Politics of Nostalgia in German and Yiddish Modernism. Arrested Development: Fragmentation, Apocalypse, and the Pursuit of Origins in Joseph Roth's Representation of Eastern Europe -- Moyshe Kulbak's Berlin Writings: Here, There, Everywhere (Nowhere) -- Conclusion: Origin Is the Goal. |
| Summary |
"In Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin, Marc Caplan explores the reciprocal encounter between Eastern European Jews and German culture in the days following World War I. By concentrating primarily on a small group of avant-garde Yiddish writers-Dovid Bergelson, Der Nister, and Moyshe Kulbak-working in Berlin during the Weimar Republic, Caplan examines how these writers became central to modernist aesthetics. By concentrating on the character of Yiddish literature produced in Weimar Germany, Caplan offers a new method of seeing how artistic creation is constructed and a new understanding of the political resonances that result from it. Yiddish Writers in Weimar Berlin reveals how Yiddish literature participated in the culture of Weimar-era modernism, how active Yiddish writers were in the literary scene, and how German-speaking Jews read descriptions of Yiddish-speaking Jews to uncover the emotional complexity of what they managed to create even in the midst of their confusion and ambivalence in Germany. Caplan's masterful narrative affords new insights into literary form, Jewish culture, and the philosophical and psychological motivations for aesthetic"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Kulbak, Moshe, 1896-1940 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kulbak, Moshe, 1896-1940. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Nister, 1884-1950 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Nister, 1884-1950. |
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Bergelson, David, 1884-1952 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Bergelson, David, 1884-1952. |
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Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Roth, Joseph, 1894-1939. |
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Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Döblin, Alfred, 1878-1957. |
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Yiddish literature -- Germany -- Berlin -- History and criticism.
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Yiddish literature. |
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Germany -- Berlin. |
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Yiddish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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20th century |
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Jews -- Germany -- Berlin -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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Jews. |
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Intellectual life. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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Germany. |
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History. |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish. |
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Jews -- Intellectual life. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- Germany. |
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Jews, East European -- Germany -- History -- 20th century. |
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Yiddish literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. |
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 1918-1933. |
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Germany -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. |
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1900-1999 |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Caplan, Marc. Yiddish writers in Weimar Berlin Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021. 9780253051981 (DLC) 2020021767 |
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0253051975 electronic book |
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9780253051998 electronic book |
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0253051991 electronic book |
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9780253051974 (electronic book) |
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9780253051981 hardcover |
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9780253052001 paperback |
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