How the Wise Men Got to Chelm
Download or Read eBook How the Wise Men Got to Chelm PDF written by Ruth von Bernuth and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Ruth von Bernuth |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2016-10-18 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781479828449 |
ISBN-13 | : 1479828440 |
Rating | : 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis How the Wise Men Got to Chelm by : Ruth von Bernuth
Book excerpt: 1. How the Wise Men got to Gotham: the fools of Chelm take Manhattan -- 2. How foolish Is Jewish culture? fools, Jews, and the Carnivalesque Culture of early modernity -- 3. Through the land of foolish culture: from Laleburg to Schildburg -- 4. Gentile fools speaking Yiddish: the Schildbergerbuch for Jewish readers -- 5. The enlightenment goes East: how Democritus of Abdera got to Galicia -- 6. The geography of folly: the folklorists and the invention of Chelm -- 7. Chelm tales after World War One in German and Yiddish: "Our Schilda" and "Our Chelm Correspondent