In a Maelstrom : : The History of Russian-Jewish Prose, 1860–1940 / / Zsuzsa Hetényi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• VerfasserIn: Hetényi, Zsuzsa,
• MitwirkendeR: Boris, János,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (324 p.)

The first concise history of Russian-Jewish literary prose, this book discusses Russian-Jewish literarature in four periods, analyzing the turning points (1881–82, 1897, 1917) and proposing that the selected epoch (1860–1940) represents a special strand that was unfairly left out of both Russian and...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• The Concept of Russian-Jewish Literature and its Ambiguities
• The History Of Russian-Jewish Prose (1860–1940)
• I. “Turbulent Times”—The Utopia of Assimilation
• II. “In a Maelstrom”—After the Pogroms
• III. “At a Crossroads”—Choosing Paths
• IV. “Motherland” and “Cemetery”—Climax and Endgame
• V. A Pattern of Narrative in Jewish Assimilation Literature. The Child’s Eye View—Isaac Babel in a Russian-Jewish, American and European Literary Context. A Comparative Conclusion
• Biographies of Authors
• Appendix
• Bibliography
• Index