For Whom Do I Toil? Judah Leib Gordon and the Crisis of Russian Jewry |
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Author:
| Stanislawski, Michael |
Series title: | Studies in Jewish History |
ISBN: | 978-0-19-504290-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1988 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $268.18AUD $354.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionThis 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.