Format:
XIII, 363 S.
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Ill.
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26cm
Edition:
1. publ.
ISBN:
9781905981120
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1905981120
Series Statement:
Studies in Yiddish 6
Content:
"Among the finest prose stylists in Yiddish literature, David Bergelson (1884-1952) was caught up in many of the twentieth century's most defining events. In 1909 he emerged as a pioneer of modernist prose, observing the slow decay of the Tsarist empire. In 1917 he welcomed the Revolution, but the bloodshed of the ensuing Civil War and the dogmatism of the Bolsheviks drove him to emigration. For more than a decade (1921-1934), he lived in Weimar Germany, travelling extensively in Europe and the United States. Shocked by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, disheartened by the decline of Yiddish culture in the West, and inspired by Soviet promises to create a Jewish republic, Bergelson became a Communist sympathiser and moved towards socialist realism. Returning to the Soviet Union after Hitler's rise to power, Bergelson flourished in a state-sponsored cultural environment in which his work was widely read both in Yiddish and in Russian translation. After Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Bergelson became a prominent member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee, writing extensively about the Holocaust. In the paranoia of the Cold War years, the Stalinist regime accused him of anti-Soviet activities and, after a secret military trial he was executed on 12 August 1952, his 68th birthday.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Formerly CIP
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David Bergelson (1884-1952) : a biography / Joseph Sherman -- Memories of my father : the early years (1918-1934) / Lev Bergelson -- Language and style in Nokh alemen (1913) : Bergelson's debt to Flaubert / Daniela Mantovan -- For children and adults alike : reading Bergelson's 'children's stories' (1914-1919) as narratives of identity formation / Kerstin Hoge -- Yoysef Shor (1922) : between two worlds / Seth L. Wolitz -- In search of readership : Bergelson among the refugees (1928) / Sasha Senderovich -- Narrating the revolution : from 'Tsugvintn' (1922) to Mides-hadin (1929) / Mikhail Krutikov -- Uneasy patronage : Bergelson's years at Forverts (1922-1926) / Ellen Kellman -- David Bergelson in and on America (1929-1949) / Gennady Estraikh -- 'Why I am in favour of Birobidzhan' : Bergelson's fateful decision (1932) / Boris Kotlerman -- Memory and monument in Baym Dnyepr (1932-1940) / Harriet Murav -- From mourning to vengeance : Bergelson's Holocaust journalism (1941-1945) / David Schneer -- 'Du lebst, mayn folk' : Bergelson's play Prints Ruveni in historical context (1944-1947) / Jeffrey Veidlinger -- 'Jewish nationalism' in Bergelson's last book (1947) / Joseph Sherman -- A bibliography of David Bergelson's work in Yiddish and English / Roberta Saltzman -- Appendices : Bergelson's literary theory -- Belles-lettres and the social order (1919) -- Three centres (characteristics) (1926)
Language:
English
Subjects:
German Studies
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Theology
Keywords:
Bergelson, Daṿid 1884-1952
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Biografie
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Bergelson, Daṿid 1884-1952
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Jiddisch
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Literatur
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Geschichte 1909-1952
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Bergelson, Daṿid 1884-1952
;
Biografie
;
Jiddisch
;
Literatur
;
Geschichte 1909-1952
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Bibliografie
;
Konferenzschrift
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=23793
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0804/2008371089.html
Author information:
Bergelson, Daṿid 1884-1952
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