03293nam 2200637Ia 450 991095457510332120200520144314.097814384053221438405324(CKB)2670000000233825(EBL)3408125(SSID)ssj0000218510(PQKBManifestationID)11208257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218510(PQKBWorkID)10213973(PQKB)10573264(MiAaPQ)EBC3408125(Perlego)2672500(DE-B1597)736201(DE-B1597)9781438405322(EXLCZ)99267000000023382519870320d1988 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPassionate women, passive men suicide in Yiddish literature /Janet Hadda1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc19881 online resource (239 pages)SUNY series in Modern Jewish Literature and CultureSUNY series in modern Jewish literature and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.Includes index.9780887065958 0887065953 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Front Matter ""; ""Front Cover""; ""Half Title Page""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table Of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Setting the Scene""; ""The Women""; ""Like Father, Like Daughter""; ""The Men""; ""After the Holocaust""; ""Back Matter""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""Back Cover""Suicide is always a controversial issue. Among Jews, it is often taboo. Stereotypically, Jews do not commit suicide; certainly, they do not discuss it. Passionate Women, Passive Men: Suicide in Yiddish Literature challenges this perception, exploring the problem of suicide through a series of literary case studies. Hadda investigates the lives of these fictional suicides, asking the question: What could be so wrong in a person's life that suicide-although forbidden by the Jewish religion-would seem preferable? Proceeding from the theoretical standpoint that the psychoanalytic process concerns narratives and their interpretations by an analyst, the author argues that the techniques of psychoanalysis may be fruitfully employed for the study of literature. Through sensitive psychoanalytic attention to narrative nuance, the author reaches surprising conclusions about the function of suicide for the characters she analyzes. SUNY Series in Modern Jewish Literature and CultureYiddish literatureHistory and criticismSuicide in literaturePsychoanalysis and literatureYiddish literatureHistory and criticism.Suicide in literature.Psychoanalysis and literature.839/.09/09353Hadda Janet930394MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954575103321Passionate women, passive men4357957UNINA