Antonio's Devils deals both historically and theoretically with the origins of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature by tracing the progress of a few remarkable writers who, for various reasons and in various ways, cited Scripture for their own purpose, as Antonio's "devil," Shylock, does in The Merchant of Venice.
By examining the work of key figures in the early history of Jewish literature through the prism of their allusions to classical Jewish texts, the book focuses attention on the magnificent and highly complex strategies the maskilim employed to achieve their polemical and ideological goals. Dauber uses this methodology to examine foundational texts by some of the Jewish Enlightenment's most interesting and important authors, reaching new and often surprising conclusions.
| ISBN: | 9780804749015 |
| Publication date: | 2nd June 2004 |
| Author: | Jeremy Asher Dauber |
| Publisher: | Stanford University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 354 pages |
| Series: | Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literature: history and criticism Social groups: religious groups and communities |
Antonio's Devils deals both historically and theoretically with the origins of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature by tracing the progress of a few remarkable writers who, for various reasons and in various ways, cited Scripture for their own purpose, as Antonio's "devil," Shylock, does in The Merchant of Venice.
By examining the work of key figures in the early history of Jewish literature through the prism of their allusions to classical Jewish texts, the book focuses attention on the magnificent and highly complex strategies the maskilim employed to achieve their polemical and ideological goals. Dauber uses this methodology to examine foundational texts by some of the Jewish Enlightenment's most interesting and important authors, reaching new and often surprising conclusions.
Antonio's Devils features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism, Social groups: religious groups and communities
Antonio's Devils is available in Hardback
Antonio's Devils was written by Jeremy Asher Dauber and published by Stanford University Press
Antonio's Devils has 354 pages
Yes it is part of Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture series