How the Wise Men Got to Chelm
| Author | : Ruth von Bernuth |
| Publisher | : NYU Press |
| Total Pages | : 331 |
| Release | : 2016-10-18 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781479828449 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1479828440 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (440 Downloads) |
Download or read book How the Wise Men Got to Chelm 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. 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
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