Uncovering the Hidden

Gennady Estraikh

• Introduction: Der Nister, Real and Imaginary 1. Der Nister's 'Hamburg Score' 2. Der Nister's Hebrew Nosegay 3. Andersens Mayselekh and Der Nister's Symbolist Agenda 4. A mayse mit a hon. Dos tsigele: Marc Chagall illustrating Der Nister 5. The 'Political' Writings of an 'Unpolitical' Yiddish Symbolist 6. Watch the Throne: Allegory, Kingship and Trauerspiel in the Stories of Der Nister and Reb Nakhman 7. Turning My Soul Inside Out': Text and Context of The Family Mashber 8. Symbolist Quest and Grotesque Masks: The Family Mashber as Parable and Confession 9. The Feast Has Ended': Time in the Family Mashber 10. We are lacking "A Man Dieth in a Tent"': Der Nister's Search for Redemption in the Summer of 1947