God, Jew, Satan in the Works of Isaac Bashevis-Singer
The roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis Singer's works are illuminated in this comprehensive survey. Biletzky treats his subject from several perspectives, describing Singer's life story and its influence on his work while also critiquing Singer's work and focusing on its realistic and nonrealistic dimensions. The author also explores the relationship between Singer's work and the work of Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's...
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The roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis Singer's works are illuminated in this comprehensive survey. Biletzky treats his subject from several perspectives, describing Singer's life story and its influence on his work while also critiquing Singer's work and focusing on its realistic and nonrealistic dimensions. The author also explores the relationship between Singer's work and the work of Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's thought and writing. Contents: Roots; In the Ways of Creativity; The Storyteller; Between the Real and the Unreal; Devils. Satans. Imps. Evil Spirits; Satan in Goraj; The Muskat Family; The Slave; The Miracle Worker of Lublin; The Manor. The Estate; The Dumb Souls of I.L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam; The Painter's Studio and Father's Courtroom.BooknewsExamines some themes in the work of Polish-born US Yiddish writer Singer (1904-). Some of the chapter titles are "In the Ways of Creativity," "Between the Real and the Unreal," "The Miracle Worker of Lublin," and "The Dumb Souls of I L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam." No preface, introduction, bibliography, or index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A Tale of RescueWhen the Great Maggid was Telling a Simple TaleCh. 1Roots5Ch. 2In the Ways of Creativity11Ch. 3The Storyteller27Ch. 4Between the Real and the Unreal45Ch. 5Devils. Satan. Imps. Evil Spirits55Ch. 6Satan in Goraj73Ch. 7The Muskat Family91Ch. 8The Slave105Ch. 9The Miracle Worker of Lublin119Ch. 10The Manor. The Estate125Ch. 11The Dumb Souls of I.L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam137Ch. 12The Painter's Studio and Father's Courtroom145
\ BooknewsExamines some themes in the work of Polish-born US Yiddish writer Singer (1904-). Some of the chapter titles are "In the Ways of Creativity," "Between the Real and the Unreal," "The Miracle Worker of Lublin," and "The Dumb Souls of I L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam." No preface, introduction, bibliography, or index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \ \ \ \ Journal Of Jewish StudiesDiscussion of the roles if religion, mysticism, rationalism and pornography in literature provide valuable insights into the complexities of this most important body of post-war Yiddish imaginative fiction.\ \
