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The Ghost of the Child: ‘Dos Kleine Menshele’ (The Little Man) by Mendele Moykher Sforim as an Early Stage of Modern Representation of Jewish Childhood

The Ghost of the Child: ‘Dos Kleine Menshele’ (The Little Man) by Mendele Moykher Sforim as an... This article will point out one decisive station in the process of the artistic formation of the image of the Jewish child and childhood, starting with Mendele Moykher Sforim’s (Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh) first story in Yiddish, ‘The Little Man’ ( Dos kleine menshele , 1864-1865). I will argue that the heart of this story harbours an extraordinary and novel (for its time) childhood scene, that blatantly confronts pre-modern perception of childhood with its modern representation, and marks a sharp turn in the status and role of childhood in Jewish literature. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zutot Brill

The Ghost of the Child: ‘Dos Kleine Menshele’ (The Little Man) by Mendele Moykher Sforim as an Early Stage of Modern Representation of Jewish Childhood

Zutot , Volume 12 (1): 39 – Apr 1, 2015

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
Subject
Yiddish Literature
ISSN
1571-7283
eISSN
1875-0214
DOI
10.1163/18750214-12341271
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Abstract

This article will point out one decisive station in the process of the artistic formation of the image of the Jewish child and childhood, starting with Mendele Moykher Sforim’s (Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh) first story in Yiddish, ‘The Little Man’ ( Dos kleine menshele , 1864-1865). I will argue that the heart of this story harbours an extraordinary and novel (for its time) childhood scene, that blatantly confronts pre-modern perception of childhood with its modern representation, and marks a sharp turn in the status and role of childhood in Jewish literature.

Journal

ZutotBrill

Published: Apr 1, 2015

Keywords: Modern Jewish literature; nineteenth century; children and childhood studies; Mendele Moykher Sforim; Sholem Yankev Abramovitsh

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