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This unique anthology translates for the first time a little-known body of Yiddish poetry by American Yiddish proletarian writers who identified with the American Left from the 1920s to the early 1950s. It introduces the reader to an untold chapter of America's tumultuous history during the pre- and interwar period, revealing the depth and power of Yiddish literature through the backdrop of twentieth-century world politics.

Produktbeschreibung
This unique anthology translates for the first time a little-known body of Yiddish poetry by American Yiddish proletarian writers who identified with the American Left from the 1920s to the early 1950s. It introduces the reader to an untold chapter of America's tumultuous history during the pre- and interwar period, revealing the depth and power of Yiddish literature through the backdrop of twentieth-century world politics.
Autorenporträt
Amelia Glaser is assistant professor of literature at the University of California San Diego. David Weintraub is executive director of the Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture, whose mission is to revitalize and reenergize the Yiddish language, revealing the rich Yiddish culture and language once so basic to Jewish life.