{"product_id":"a-traveler-disguised-the-rise-of-modern-yiddish-fiction-in-the-nineteenth-century-paperback","title":"A Traveler Disguised: The Rise of Modern Yiddish Fiction in the Nineteenth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Miron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Miron's \u003ci\u003eA Traveler Disguised\u003c\/i\u003e offers a seminal analysis of the emergence of modern Yiddish fiction in the nineteenth century, with particular attention to the formative role of Mendele Moykher-Sforim. Miron reconstructs the literary, linguistic, and ideological conditions that enabled Yiddish prose to shift from traditional narrative forms to a self-conscious modern literature. Through rigorous textual study and historical contextualization, he demonstrates how early Yiddish writers negotiated the pressures of modernization, the legacy of Jewish storytelling, and the influence of European literary models. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWidely regarded as a foundational work in Yiddish literary scholarship, \u003ci\u003eA Traveler Disguised\u003c\/i\u003e remains essential for understanding the cultural and aesthetic forces that shaped the rise of modern Jewish prose.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exposition of writer S. Y. Abramovitsh explores the symbolic importance of his central character, Mendele the Bookseller, and the history of Yiddish fiction in Russia during the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDan Miron\u003c\/b\u003e is Leonard Kay Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author more than thirty volumes of literary scholarship and criticism in Hebrew, Yiddish, English, German, and Russian. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Image of the Shtetl and Other Studies of Modern Jewish Literary Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 8.03 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53489268850995,"sku":"9780815603306","price":28.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a5NJYYtxO79780815603306.webp?v=1781521320","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-traveler-disguised-the-rise-of-modern-yiddish-fiction-in-the-nineteenth-century-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}