UID:
almahu_9949702123802882
Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 233 pages)
ISBN:
9789004248069
Series Statement:
Studies in Jewish history and culture ; v. 37
Content:
Yiddish was the basic Ashkenazi vernacular in the early modern period. The vast majority of the population was not educated and Yiddish books were printed in order to assist them with keeping a solid Jewish life. Being a basically German language and never being a canonical language as Hebrew, Yiddish also functioned as a buffer language between the internal Ashkenazi Jewish culture and the culture of the environment. Studying the paratexts added to printed Yiddish books may teach us about roles of the printed Yiddish word in Ashkenazi society: contents and forms of books, their contextual framework within Ashkenazi culture, the world of Yiddish book producers on the one hand, and the envisaged readership on the other.
Note:
Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Paratexts, Paratextology and Early Modern Yiddish Books -- Chapter Two Initial Encounters: Title Pages -- Chapter Three Sanctioning What? On Approbations -- Chapter Four Getting Acquainted: Prefaces -- Chapter Five In Between and at the End -- Appendix 1 Publishing a Bestseller: The Amsterdam Editions of the Tsene rene -- Appendix 2 A Few Amsterdam Epitexts -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index of Book Titles -- Index of Names.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9789004247857
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004247858
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004248064
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004248069
