Writing in Tongues

Translating Yiddish in the Twentieth Century

AvAnita Norich

Häftad, Engelska, 2014

Del i serien Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies

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Writing in Tongues examines the complexities of translating Yiddish literature at a time when the Yiddish language is in decline. After the Holocaust, Soviet repression, and American assimilation, the survival of traditional Yiddish literature depends on translation, yet a few Yiddish classics have been translated repeatedly while many others have been ignored. Anita Norich traces historical and aesthetic shifts through versions of these canonical texts, and she argues that these works and their translations form an enlightening conversation about Jewish history and identity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2014-02-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt:276 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Samuel and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies
Antal sidor:182
Förlag:University of Washington Press
ISBN:9780295992976

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Anita Norich is professor of English and Judaic studies at the University of Michigan.

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"An excellent book . . . at no point is the discussion overly technical. First presented as part of the prestigious Stroum Lectures at the University of Washington, the chapter-lectures that make up Writing in Tongues are aimed at a general-but-educated audience. Norich writes clearly and simplifies abstruse ideas."

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Acknowledgments1. Translation Theory and Practice: The Yiddish Difference 2. How Tevye Learned to Fiddle 3. Remembering Jews: Translating Yiddish after the Holocaust 4. Returning to and from the Ghetto: Yankev Glatshteyn 5. Concluding Lines and Conclusions Appendix A / Anna Margolin’s “Maris tfile” in Yiddish and Translations Appendix B / Twelve Translations of Yankev Glatshteyn’s “A gute nakht, velt” Notes Bibliography Index