Ghetto Writing: Traditional and Eastern Jewry in German-Jewish Literature from Heine to Hilsenrath
- ISBN-10
- 1571130098
- ISBN-13
- 9781571130099
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 231
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Authors
- Anne Fuchs, Florian Krobb
Description
This text contains fresh articles about a much neglected genre--fiction from and about the Jewish ghetto.
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