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In the Demon's Bedroom: Yiddish Literature and the Early Modern
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Product Description
This important study is the first to offer a sustained look at a variety of early modern Yiddish masterworks—and their writers and readers—paying particular attention to their treatment of supernatural themes and beings.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1451533 in Books
- Published on: 2010-12-14
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .2 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 416 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Beautifully argued . . . extremely sophisticated and convincing . . . In the Demon''s Bedroom will offer literary studies a new and important means of discussing early modern texts."—Leah Garrett, Monash University
"Utterly original . . . Dauber''s rehabilitation of Old Yiddish Literature, his attempt to rescue it from the German and Italian ghettos, is something markedly new. If you love to be shepherded through exotic realms, if you are excited by big ideas, this is the book for you."—David Roskies, Jewish Theological Seminary
(David Roskies )
About the Author
Jeremy Dauber is the Atran Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature, and Culture at Columbia University and the director of Columbia’s Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies.
