Yiddish Presence in European Literature

edited by Ritchie Robertson and Joseph Sherman

• 1. Introduction 2. When Purim-shpiler meets Columbine': Characters of Commedia dell'arte and Purimshpil in the Works of Moyshe Broderzon 3. In the Worst Possible Taste: Romain Gary's Dance of Genghis Cohn 4. Muthwillige Faschingstracht': The Presence of Yiddish in Nineteenth-Century German Literature 5. Kafka's Encounter with the Yiddish Theatre 6. Translating Yiddish: Martin Buber and David Pinski 7. Yiddish Author as Cultural Mediator: Meir Wiener's Unpublished Novel 8. The Romance of the East: Encounters of German-Jewish Writers with Yiddish-Speaking Communities, 1916–27 9. Intimacy and Alienation: Yiddish in the Works of Jurek Becker 10. Living through Something': Notes on the Work of Imre Kertész 11. Bergelson and Chekhov: Convergences and Departures 12. Shmuel Gordon: A Yiddish Writer in 'the Ocean of Russian Literature'

This excellent volume makes a most welcome contribution to the field of Jewish comparative literary studies. -- Modern Language Review Modern Language Review