{"product_id":"rewriting-russia-9780295991320","title":"Rewriting Russia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIlluminates the continuities among Gordin's Russian fiction and journalism, his work as a controversial Jewish religious reformer, and his Yiddish plays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Henry has done a service in re-kindling the conversation regarding this iconoclast by constructing a new image of Gordin based on exhaustive archival work. . . . She should be commended for breaking new ground on such a significant figure, and, hopefully, providing access for future work from a range of disciplines.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Max Shulman * Studies in American Jewish Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Well researched and artfully argued, Henry's \u003ci\u003eRewriting Russia\u003c\/i\u003e is a long-overdue book on this major figure that establishes how Jacob Gordin created a rich and important interplay between Yiddish and Russian forms that elevated the literary status of both.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Leah Garrett * The Russian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This new and elegantly written literary history . . . provides a new model for literary history by expertly weaving together previously unexamined Tsarist-era archival records with insightful literary analysis of Gordon's major works.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Barry Trachtenberg * H-Net Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Amerika\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. In the Old Country: The Reformer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. A Russian Writer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Perils of Performance: Di kreytser sonata (1902)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Don't Look Back: Orphan in the Underworld (1903)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Homecoming\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400919818583,"sku":"9780295991320","price":110.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295991320.jpg?v=1730471950","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rewriting-russia-9780295991320","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}