كتاب إلكتروني
An Amateur Performance : (Reminiscences of a Student in the 1850s)
| العنوان: | An Amateur Performance : (Reminiscences of a Student in the 1850s) |
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| الوصف: | Translated for the first time in English, Lev Levanda's brilliant coming-of-age story of Russian Jewish students on the cusp of modernity in their struggle against religious chauvinism and an oppressive government.Despite being Russia's best Jewish writer of the nineteenth century, Lev Levanda (1835–1888) is barely known in the English-speaking world, with some of his most famous works, like the 1873 novel Seething Times, having yet to be published in their entirety. Another such work is An Amateur Performance (Reminiscences of a Student in the 1850s), which appears here in English for the first time, translated with elegance by Hugh McLean and edited by Brian Horowitz and Conor Daly. A classic in Russian-Jewish literature from 1882, An Amateur Performance describes the rush by Jews to government schools, secular education, and the lights of enlightenment, while also revealing the struggles of these Jewish students on the cusp of modernity, including keen observations on their lack of preparation, their confusion over the new ideas, and their confrontation with the repressive power of the Russian government. In short, it's a brilliant sociological study of Russian Jewry in the 1850s as remembered by a writer who fought for progress and Jewish integration. |
| المؤلفون: | Lev Levanda, Brian Horowitz, Conor Daly |
| نوع المادة: | eBook. |
| الموضوعات: | Jews--Russia--Fiction |
| تصنيفات: | FICTION / Cultural Heritage, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Jewish, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, RELIGION / Judaism / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies |
| قاعدة البيانات: | eBook Index |
| ردمك: | 9798887190174 9798887191010 9798887190181 9798887190198 |
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