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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966838403321

Autore

Garrett Leah <1966->

Titolo

Journeys beyond the pale : Yiddish travel writing in the modern world / / Leah Garrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wis., : University of Wisconsin Press, c2003

ISBN

9786612269165

9781282269163

128226916X

9780299184438

0299184439

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 226 pages)

Disciplina

839/.109355

Soggetti

Yiddish literature - History and criticism

Travel in literature

Roads in literature

Railroads in literature

Ships in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-217) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Road -- 3 The Train -- 4 The Ship -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Journeys Beyond the Pale is the first book to examine how Yiddish writers, from Mendele Moycher Sforim to Der Nister to the famed Sholem Aleichem, used motifs of travel to express their complicated relationship with modernization.