Women Writers of Yiddish Literature: Critical Essays by Rosemary Horowitz

By Rosemary Horowitz

Taking inventory of Yiddish literature in 1939, critic Shmuel Niger highlighted the expanding quantity and significance of girls writers. in spite of the fact that, information of ladies Yiddish writers decreased through the years. this present day, a modest physique of novels, brief tales, poems and essays by way of Yiddish girls might be present in English translation on-line and in print, and little within the means of literary background and feedback is offered. This number of severe essays is the 1st devoted to the works of Yiddish ladies writers, introducing them to a brand new viewers of English-speaking students and readers.

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