Stranger in Our Midst: Images of the Jew in Polish Literature (Leaders; 18)

ISBN 10: 0801428653 / ISBN 13: 9780801428654

Published by Cornell University Press, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stranger in Our Midst: Images of the Jew in Polish Literature (Leaders; 18)
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801428653
• ISBN 13: 9780801428654
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

A vibrant Jewish community flourished in Poland from late in the tenth century until it was virtually annihilated in World War II. In this remarkable anthology, the first of its kind, Harold B. Segel offers translations of poems and prose works―mainly fiction―by non-Jewish Polish writers. Taken together, the selections represent the complex perceptions about Jews in the Polish community in the period 1530-1990.

About the Author

Harold B. Segel is Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Among his previous books are Polish Romantic Drama and Renaissance Culture in Poland: The Rise of Humanism, also from Cornell.