Itzik Manger and the Europeanization of the Jiddischland

  • Irad Ben Isaak

Abstract

Efrat Gal-Ed´s book is an extensive biographical work on the Yiddish poet Itzik Manger. Gal-Ed discusses his work and life, situating him in the broader context of linguistic and ethnic developments of the 20th century. The author presents Manger as a European poet, engaged in the European cultural developments, who simultaneously was a poet of unrecognized minority language. This biography of Manger contributes both to literary and Jewish studies.

Published
2016-10-31
How to Cite
Isaak, Irad Ben. 2016. “Itzik Manger and the Europeanization of the Jiddischland”. KULT_online, no. 48 (October). https://doi.org/10.22029/ko.2016.990.
Section
KULT_reviews