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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465030003321

Autore

Norich Anita <1952->

Titolo

Writing in Tongues : translating Yiddish in the twentieth century / / Anita Norich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, Washington : , : University of Washington Press, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-295-80495-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies

Disciplina

439/.1802

Soggetti

Yiddish literature - Translating

Yiddish language - Translating

Yiddish literature - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Samuel and Althea Stroum Book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1. Translation Theory and Practice: The Yiddish Difference""; ""Chapter 2. How Tevye Learned to Fiddle""; ""Chapter 3. Remembering Jews: Translating Yiddish after the Holocaust""; ""Chapter 4. Returning to and from the Ghetto: Yankev Glatshteyn""; ""Chapter 5. Concluding Lines and Conclusions""; ""Appendix A. Anna Margolin's "Maris tfile" in Yiddish and Translations""; ""Appendix B. Twelve Translations of Yankev Glatshteyn's "A gute nakht, velt"""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""