{"product_id":"the-emergence-of-early-yiddish-literature-9780253025517","title":"The Emergence of Early Yiddish Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study of Yiddish texts dating from 1100 to 1750 is the definitive work in the field. Frakes is at home in the classics, medieval studies, German studies, comparative religion, and Hebrew and Yiddish, and he brings to this historical study of many of the same texts the impeccable scholarship characteristic of his previous works.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003cbr\u003eAbbreviations \u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction \u003cbr\u003e2. \"Whither am I to Go?\": Old Yiddish Love Song in a European Context \u003cbr\u003e3. (Non-)Intersecting Parallel Lives: Pasquino in Rome and on the Rialto \u003cbr\u003e4. Purimplay as Political Action in Diasporic Europe and\/as Ancient Persia \u003cbr\u003e5. Queen Vashti and Political Revolution: Gender Politics in a Topsy-Turvy World \u003cbr\u003e6. The Political Liminality of Mordecai in Early Ashkenaz \u003cbr\u003e7. Feudal Bridal-Quest Turned on its Jewish Head \u003cbr\u003e8. The Other of Another Other: Yiddish Epic's Discarded Muslim Enemy \u003cbr\u003e9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Elia Levita's Short Poems (English translation) \u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003eBibliography \u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400564842839,"sku":"9780253025517","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253025517.jpg?v=1730470994","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-emergence-of-early-yiddish-literature-9780253025517","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}