A History of Yiddish LiteratureBeginning with the development of the language itself, the author traces the literature from the Middle Ages to the present throughout the Jewish world. |
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OLD YIDDISH LITERATURE | 1 |
LITERATURE OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT | 24 |
MENDELE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES | 39 |
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