A Question of Tradition

Zusatztext " A Question of Tradition is an important book and an impressive contribution to the field of Yiddish studies. Kathryn Hellerstein writes beautifully. Her sensitive and illuminating readings of the poetry of a select group of Yiddish women poets makes a strong case for a tradition of women's poetry in Yiddish. Impressively researched and argued, Hellerstein's discussions range from the work of relatively obscure early poets like Toybe Pan to the well-known Kadya Molodovsky. In the process she delineates a female literary tradition in Yiddish literature that has long been obscured and neglected. This book will make an invaluable contribution, not only to the field of Yiddish Studies but to Women's Studies as well." Informationen zum Autor Kathryn Hellerstein teaches Yiddish as associate professor in the department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky and Jewish American Literature: a Norton Anthology . Klappentext Kathryn Hellerstein teaches Yiddish as associate professor in the department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky and Jewish American Literature: a Norton Anthology . Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive, comparative study of women poets in Yiddish, A Question of Tradition shows the important role that women Yiddish poets played in the creation of Jewish literary tradition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. The Idea of a Literary Tradition 2. Old Poems in a Modern Anthology 3. Revolution, Prayers, and Sisterhood in Interwar Poland 4. The Folk and the Book: Miriam Ulinover and Roza Yakubovitsh 5. The Art of Sex: Celia Dropkin and Anna Margolin 6. Prayer-Poems against History: Kadya Molodowsky and Malka Heifetz Tussman Conclusion ...

"A Question of Tradition is an important book and an impressive contribution to the field of Yiddish studies. Kathryn Hellerstein writes beautifully. Her sensitive and illuminating readings of the poetry of a select group of Yiddish women poets makes a strong case for a tradition of women's poetry in Yiddish. Impressively researched and argued, Hellerstein's discussions range from the work of relatively obscure early poets like Toybe Pan to the well-known Kadya Molodovsky. In the process she delineates a female literary tradition in Yiddish literature that has long been obscured and neglected. This book will make an invaluable contribution, not only to the field of Yiddish Studies but to Women's Studies as well."

Autorentext

Kathryn Hellerstein teaches Yiddish as associate professor in the department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pennsylvania. Her books include Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky and Jewish American Literature: a Norton Anthology.

Zusammenfassung
The first comprehensive, comparative study of women poets in Yiddish, A Question of Tradition shows the important role that women Yiddish poets played in the creation of Jewish literary tradition.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. The Idea of a Literary Tradition
2. Old Poems in a Modern Anthology
3. Revolution, Prayers, and Sisterhood in Interwar Poland
4. The Folk and the Book: Miriam Ulinover and Roza Yakubovitsh
5. The Art of Sex: Celia Dropkin and Anna Margolin
6. Prayer-Poems against History: Kadya Molodowsky and Malka Heifetz Tussman
   Conclusion