Polish-Jewish Literature in the Interwar Years |
|
Author:
| Prokop-Janiec, Eugenia |
Translator:
| Shenitzer, Abe |
Series title: | Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8156-2984-9 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2003 |
Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
|
Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
|
Popular notion has it that Polish Jewish writers, unlike their counterparts in Western, Northern and Central Europe, wrote solely in Yiddish or Hebrew. Yet between the two wars, Poland produces an elite group of assimilated Jews writing exclusively in Polish. This text explores their emergence.
Popular notion has it that Polish Jewish writers, unlike their counterparts in Western, Northern and Central Europe, wrote solely in Yiddish or Hebrew. Yet between the two wars, Poland produces an elite group of assimilated Jews writing exclusively in Polish. This text explores their emergence.