Writing in Tongues : translating Yiddish in the twentieth century

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Label

Writing in Tongues : translating Yiddish in the twentieth century

Title remainder

translating Yiddish in the twentieth century

Statement of responsibility

Anita Norich

Creator

• Norich, Anita, 1952-

Author

• Norich, Anita, 1952-

Subject

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Scandinavian Languages (Other)
• HISTORY -- Jewish
• HISTORY / Jewish
• Jiddisch
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Translating & Interpreting
• Literatur
• Yiddish language -- Translating
• Yiddish literature
• Yiddish literature -- History and criticism
• Yiddish literature -- Translating
• Übersetzung
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Electronic books

Genre

• Electronic books
• Criticism, interpretation, etc

Language

eng

Summary

"Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity. Anita Norich is professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan."Writing in Tongues is sophisticated yet wholly accessible, completely engaging, and beautifully written. It makes particularly adept use of witty (and often hilarious) epigraphs, personal stories, and moving reflections on what it means to write in a minority language."--Barbara Henry, University of Washington"Norich tells a compelling, moving, and intriguing story. No one has studied translation of Yiddish works into English so systematically, meticulously, and sensitively."--Hana Wirth-Nesher, author of Call It English"--

Member of

• Samuel and Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies

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Provided by publisher

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N$T

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

Series statement

Samuel & Althea Stroum lectures in Jewish studies