Yiddish literature

This dissertation introduces a new literary term, "narrative demand," defined as the internal structure of values or beliefs that makes plot possible in works of fiction, and examines its workings in a sample of texts from the modern Yiddish and Hebrew literary canons. In Aspect…

This dissertation examines the interplay of language politics and romantic politics in German and Yiddish literature confronting the challenges faced by Judaism in the long nineteenth century. The project brings into dialogue both German and Yiddish texts, from West Yiddish farc…

The Tsene-rene is a Yiddish text first published in the early 1600s that some have described as a Bible for women. Attributed to Ya’akov ben Yiẓḥak of Yanov, a figure we know little about, the Tsene-rene is a seamless compilation of Bible stories, commentaries, and folktales arr…