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The Jewish Book of Fables: Selected Works

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The fable has a 3000-year-old tradition in Jewish literature, going back to the Bible and the Talmud. Other works of fables abound in the long stream of Hebrew literature, but it was not until the advent of the illustrious poet and fabulist, 'Eliezer Shtaynbarg that fable writing in Yiddish was honed to perfection. His originality, narrative skill, deft characterizations, comic sensibility, and moral fervor placed him squarely in the artistic tradition of Aesop, La Fontaine, and Krylov. This volume marks the first time ...

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The Jewish Book of Fables: Selected Works 2003, Syracuse University Press, Syracuse

ISBN-13: 9780815607182

Hardcover