Introduction to Old Yiddish literature

This study opens up to a more general audience the cultural richness of Yiddish studies that stretches from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. The literature spans genres, from love lyric to kabbalistic treatises, and from travelogue to Renaissance adventure epic

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baumgarten, Jean
Other Authors: Frakes, Jerold C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005, 2005
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Description
Summary:This study opens up to a more general audience the cultural richness of Yiddish studies that stretches from its beginnings in the Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. The literature spans genres, from love lyric to kabbalistic treatises, and from travelogue to Renaissance adventure epic
Physical Description:xviii, 459 p.
ISBN:9780191699894
0191699896