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A Yiddish Bard in Berlin: Moyshe Kulbak and the Flourishing of Yiddish Poetry in Exile.

Authors :
Seelig, Ravhel
Source :
Jewish Quarterly Review; Winter2012, Vol. 102 Issue 1, p19-49, 31p
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

The article offers criticism on the poetry of Yiddish poet Moyshe Kulbak, including the poetry collection "Naye lider" ("New Poems") and the prose-poetry work "Meshiekh ben efrayim" ("Messiah Son of Ephraim"). The author discusses Kulbak's time in exile in Weimar-era Berlin, Germany in the 1920s after leaving the Soviet Union and describes how the exposure to literature and philosophy in Berlin led to a transition in Yiddish literature and Yiddish contributions to modernism.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00216682
Volume :
102
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Jewish Quarterly Review
Publication Type :
Review
Accession number :
70637565
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1353/jqr.2012.0008