How the wise men got to Chelm : the life and times of a Yiddish folk tradition / Ruth von Bernuth.
How the wise men got to Chelm : the life and times of a Yiddish folk tradition / Ruth von Bernuth.
How the wise men got to Chelm : the life and times of a Yiddish folk tradition / Ruth von Bernuth.
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New York : New York University Press, [2016]
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G 2017/5901
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
1. How the Wise Men got to Gotham: the fools of Chelm take Manhattan -- 2. How foolish Is Jewish culture? fools, Jews, and the Carnivalesque Culture of early modernity -- 3. Through the land of foolish culture: from Laleburg to Schildburg -- 4. Gentile fools speaking Yiddish: the Schildbergerbuch fo...
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New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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"How the Wise Men Got to Chelm is the first in-depth study of Chelm literature and its relationship to its literary precursors. By placing literary Chelm and its 'foolish' antecedents in a broader historical context, it shows how they have functioned for over three hundred years as models of society, somewhere between utopia and dystopia. These ima...
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How the wise men got to Chelm : the life and times of a Yiddish folk tradition / Ruth von Bernuth.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-294) and index.
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G 2017/5901
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74VKVgBwo4mb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVgBwo4mb
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ISBN
1479828440 (cl : alk. paper)
9781479828449 (cl : alk. paper)
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398.20943843
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991024148797802626
