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Finding the Jewish Shakespeare [electronic resource] : the life and legacy of Jacob Gordin / Beth Kaplan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSE | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2012 2012) 2015)Edition: 1st paperback edDescription: 1 online resource (1 electronic text (xiii, 288 p.) :) ill., digital fileISBN:
  • 9780815651758
  • 0815651759
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 839.123 23
LOC classification:
  • PJ5129.G6 Z75 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Illustrations -- Introduction -- Note to the reader -- Prologue. The playwrights funeral -- 1. Russia -- 2. A Russian Jew in America -- 3. The Golden Age -- 4. Denouement -- 5. The Jewish King Lear -- Epilogue. Gordin's legacy to the world and to his family -- Appendix. Partial list of Gordin's plays with original titles, 1891-1908 -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
Abstract: An inside look at the life and times of a fabled cultural figure in Yiddish theater. This biography sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of Jacob Gordin, playwright and icon of the Yiddish stage.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.

Illustrations -- Introduction -- Note to the reader -- Prologue. The playwrights funeral -- 1. Russia -- 2. A Russian Jew in America -- 3. The Golden Age -- 4. Denouement -- 5. The Jewish King Lear -- Epilogue. Gordin's legacy to the world and to his family -- Appendix. Partial list of Gordin's plays with original titles, 1891-1908 -- Selected bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

An inside look at the life and times of a fabled cultural figure in Yiddish theater. This biography sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of Jacob Gordin, playwright and icon of the Yiddish stage.

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