TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kaplan,Beth
ED  - Project Muse.
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - Finding the Jewish Shakespeare: the life and legacy of Jacob Gordin 
SN  - 9780815651758
AV  - PJ5129.G6 Z75 2012
U1  - 839.123 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Syracuse, N.Y.
PB  - Syracuse University Press
KW  - Gordin, Jacob,
KW  - Dramatists, American
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Dramatists, Ukrainian
KW  - Dramatists, Yiddish
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - 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
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780815651758/
ER  -