The Hidden Isaac Bashevis Singer - Literary Modernism

Commendation Quotes: I can't think of another anthology, nor of any individual study of Singer, that sets out so rich and varied a sense of his work in its contexts. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction I. The Yiddish Language and the Yiddish Cultural Experience in Bashevis's Writings 1. Irving Saposnik: A Canticle for Isaac: A Kaddish for Bashevis 2. Joseph Sherman: Bashevis/Singer and the Jewish Pope 3. Avrom Noversztern: History, Messianism, and Apocalypse in Bashevis's Work 4. Mark L. Louden: Sociolinguistic Views of Isaac Bashevis Singer II. Thematic Approaches to the Study of Bashevis's Fiction 5. Leonard Prager Bilom in Bashevis's Der knekht (The Slave): A khaye hot oykh a neshome (An animal also has a soul) 6. Alan Astro: Art and Religion in Der bal-tshuve (The Penitent) 7. Jan Schwarz: "Death Is the Only Messiah": Three Supernatural Stories by Yitskhok Bashevis III. Bashevis's Interface With Other Times And Cultures 8 Astrid Starck-Adler: Bashevis's Interactions with the Mayse-bukh (Book of Tales) 9 Monika Adamczyk-Garbowska: The Role of Polish Language and Literature in Bashevis's Fiction IV. Interpretations of Bashevis's Autobiographical Writings 10 Nathan Cohen: Revealing Bashevis's Earliest Autobiographical Novel, Varshe 1914-1918 (Warsaw 1914-1918) 11 Itzik Gottesman: Folk and Folklore in the Work of Bashevis 162 12 Janet Hadda: Bashevis at Forverts 173 V. Bashevis's Untranslated "Gangster" Novel: Yarme Un Keyle 13 Joseph Sherman: A Background Note on the Translation of Yarme un keyle 14. Isaac Bashevis Singer: Yarme and Keyle: Chapter 2, translated by Joseph Sherman Appendix: Seth L. Wolitz and Joseph Sherman Bashevis Singer as a Regionalist of Lublin Province: A Note Glossary Notes on Contributors IndexPublisher Marketing: Nobel Prize-winning author Isaac Bashevis Singer stands virtually alone among prominent writers for being more widely known through translations of his work than through the original texts. This title deals with the Yiddish language and the Yiddish cultural experience in Bashevis' writings, and Bashevis' interface with other times and cultures. Review Citations:

Library Journal 01/01/2002 pg. 114 (EAN 9780292791473, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Wolitz, Seth L Wolitz holds the L. D., Marie, and Edwin Gale Chair of Judaic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is also Professor of French, Slavic, and Comparative Literature.