UID:
almafu_9959242472302883
Umfang:
1 online resource (284 pages) :
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illustrations, portraits, plates
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-52325-5
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9786610523252
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0-19-536464-3
Serie:
Studies in Jewish history
Inhalt:
This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century, and one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry. His personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in its history: challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today. This is the first full-length biography of Judah Leib Gordon (1830-92), one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry, and the most important Hebrew poet of the 19th century. His personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in its history, challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today.
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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1 Introduction 2 From Vilna to Enlightenment (1830-1855) 3 The Beginnings of a Career (1855-1861) 4 ""Awake, My People!"" (1861-1865) 5 Religious Reform I: The Battle Is Pitched (1865-1868) 6 Religious Reform II: The Battle Is Joined (1868-1872) 7 St. Petersburg: Culture and Politics (1872-1877) 8 Exile (1877-1880) 9 Pogroms and the Crisis of Jewish Liberalism (1880-1881) 10 The Battle Over Zion (1881-1883) 11 Attack and Despair (1883-1888) 12 Conclusion (1888-1892) Notes Bibliography Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-504290-5
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
