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Article: The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- April 1, 2007
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The Yiddish Presence in European Literature: Inspiration and Interaction. Ed. by JOSEPH SHERMAN and RITCHIE ROBERTSON. (Studies in Yiddish, 5) Oxford: Legenda. 2005. xii + 158 pp. 42.50 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 978-1-900755-83-2.
The main focus here is on the comparatively neglected topic of the interaction between Yiddish and parallel European cultures, and an important theme is the revaluation that East European Jewish culture underwent among German-Jewish intellectuals from the late nineteenth century onwards. Starting with Johann Gottfried Herder, as the Aufklarung came increasingly under attack from the Romantic movement, German thought had become ever more ...