Mikhail Krutikov
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814720202
- eISBN:
- 9781479878253
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814720202.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter examines the convergence of fantasy and reality in Yiddish literature produced in the Soviet Union around 1929. It first considers a series of high-profile ideological campaigns in the ...
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This chapter examines the convergence of fantasy and reality in Yiddish literature produced in the Soviet Union around 1929. It first considers a series of high-profile ideological campaigns in the Soviet Union that affected Yiddish writers such as Leyb Kvitko, Der Nister, and Perets Markish. It then assesses the impact of international developments on Soviet Yiddish politics, including the outbreak of Arab violence in Palestine, before shifting to a discussion of literary productivity in 1929. In particular, it analyzes the short stories of Der Nister and Shmuel Godiner, as well as Meir Wiener's novel Ele Faleks untergang (The Downfall of Ele Falek).Less
This chapter examines the convergence of fantasy and reality in Yiddish literature produced in the Soviet Union around 1929. It first considers a series of high-profile ideological campaigns in the Soviet Union that affected Yiddish writers such as Leyb Kvitko, Der Nister, and Perets Markish. It then assesses the impact of international developments on Soviet Yiddish politics, including the outbreak of Arab violence in Palestine, before shifting to a discussion of literary productivity in 1929. In particular, it analyzes the short stories of Der Nister and Shmuel Godiner, as well as Meir Wiener's novel Ele Faleks untergang (The Downfall of Ele Falek).
