An anthology of Jewish-Russian literature; two centuries of dual identity in prose and poetry; 2v.9780765605214 An anthology of Jewish-Russian literature; two centuries of dual identity in prose and poetry; 2v. Ed. by Maxim D. Shrayer. M.E. Sharpe, Inc. 2007 1278 pages $225.00 Hardcover PG3213 Raised as both a Russian and a Jew Jew Any person whose religion is Judaism. In a wider sense the term refers to any member of a worldwide ethnic and cultural group descended from the ancient Hebrews who traditionally practiced the Jewish religion. in the former Soviet Union, Shrayer (Russian and English, Boston College Boston College, main campus at Chestnut Hill, Mass.; coeducational; Jesuit; est. and opened 1863. Actually a university, the school's Chestnut Hill campus comprises colleges of arts and sciences and business administration, the graduate school, and schools of nursing ) presents this major effort toward a canon of Russian-language writings by Jewish writers as "simultaneously a Jewish-Russian literary history, an encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" compendium com·pen·di·um n. pl. com·pen·di·ums or com·pen·di·a 1. A short, complete summary; an abstract. 2. A list or collection of various items. , and a collection of individual literary works." He introduces the pivotal issue of dual identities, which remains a challenge for Diasporic writers, reflected in this prolific literature, and supplies introductory essays to each of the volume's 11 chronological chron·o·log·i·cal also chron·o·log·ic adj. 1. Arranged in order of time of occurrence. 2. Relating to or in accordance with chronology. sections. Authors covered range from Leyba Nevakhovich (Lament of the Daughter of Judah, 1803), to post-Soviet poet Yuri Leving. V.1 contains a historian's concise survey of Jewish-Russian history, 1772-1953, and a corresponding bibliography organized by era up to the postwar Stalinist period. V.2 continues this history and references to 2001. Indexing is by translator, author, and names, works, and subjects. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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