Authors: I. Biletzky, I.Ch. Biletzky
ISBN-13: 9780819198297, ISBN-10: 0819198293
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University Press of America
Date Published: May 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis Singer's works are illuminated in this comprehensive survey. Biletzky treats his subject from several perspectives, describing Singer's life story and its influence on his work while also critiquing Singer's work and focusing on its realistic and nonrealistic dimensions. The author also explores the relationship between Singer's work and the work of Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's thought and writing. Contents: Roots; In the Ways of Creativity; The Storyteller; Between the Real and the Unreal; Devils. Satans. Imps. Evil Spirits; Satan in Goraj; The Muskat Family; The Slave; The Miracle Worker of Lublin; The Manor. The Estate; The Dumb Souls of I.L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam; The Painter's Studio and Father's Courtroom.
Examines some themes in the work of Polish-born US Yiddish writer Singer (1904-). Some of the chapter titles are "In the Ways of Creativity," "Between the Real and the Unreal," "The Miracle Worker of Lublin," and "The Dumb Souls of I L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam." No preface, introduction, bibliography, or index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A Tale of Rescue | ||
When the Great Maggid was Telling a Simple Tale | ||
Ch. 1 | Roots | 5 |
Ch. 2 | In the Ways of Creativity | 11 |
Ch. 3 | The Storyteller | 27 |
Ch. 4 | Between the Real and the Unreal | 45 |
Ch. 5 | Devils. Satan. Imps. Evil Spirits | 55 |
Ch. 6 | Satan in Goraj | 73 |
Ch. 7 | The Muskat Family | 91 |
Ch. 8 | The Slave | 105 |
Ch. 9 | The Miracle Worker of Lublin | 119 |
Ch. 10 | The Manor. The Estate | 125 |
Ch. 11 | The Dumb Souls of I.L. Peretz and Gimpel Tam | 137 |
Ch. 12 | The Painter's Studio and Father's Courtroom | 145 |