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The History of Yiddish Literature in the Nineteenth Century

by Leo Wiener

Level C1 · AdvancedHistorical40 chapters
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About this book

Explore the rich and elusive world of nineteenth-century Yiddish literature through a journey across Europe’s libraries, bookstores, and conversations with its living writers, uncovering rare works and hidden histories before they vanish into oblivion.

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Contents

40 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE
03CHRESTOMATHY
04I. INTRODUCTION
05II. THE JUDEO-GERMAN LANGUAGE
06III. FOLKLORE
07IV. THE FOLKSONG
08V. PRINTED POPULAR POETRY
09VI. OTHER ASPECTS OF POETRY BEFORE THE EIGHTIES
10VII. POETRY SINCE THE EIGHTIES IN RUSSIA
11VIII. POETRY SINCE THE EIGHTIES IN AMERICA
12IX. PROSE WRITERS FROM 1817-1863

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