The revolutionary roots of modern Yiddish, 1903-1917 / Barry Trachtenberg

Author: Trachtenberg, Barry
Published: New York : Syracuse University Press, 2008.
Edition: 1st ed.
Physical Description: xv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art

Contents

Yiddish as instrument and ideology -- The Jewish revolution of 1905 -- From jargon to visnshaft -- Shmuel Niger and the making of Yiddish high culture -- Ber Borochov: science in service of the revolution -- Nokhem Shtif: a contrarian's Yiddishism.

Subject(s)

Niger, Samuel, 1883-1955
Borochov, Ber, 1881-1917
Shṭif, Naḥum, 1879-1933
Yiddish language—Russia—History—20th century
Yiddish language—Social aspects—Russia
Jews—Russia—Intellectual life—20th century

ISBN

0815631901 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815631903 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-215) and index.

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