The Bewitched Tailor by Sholem Aleichem non-media "national in form" and "socialist

"national in form" and "socialist in content

Animating their fictions were a set of unheroic heroes who struck a precarious balance between sanguinity and irony that author Miriam Udel captures through the phrase “never better

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This unique literary study of Yiddish children’s periodicals casts new light on secular Yiddish schools in America in the first half of the twentieth century

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The Bewitched Tailor by Sholem Aleichem non-media "national in form" and "socialistAt the end of the 19th century, Jewish writers began writing in Yiddish and creating for the first time popular literature that brought alive the small dramas, struggles, and joys of ordinary life. Sholem Aleichem was one of the very few modern writers who spoke for an entire people. This collection of stories includes the title piece and seven other tales. Paperback 1999 batch1445977727. 7229593