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Edited by Maxim D. Shrayer, a leading specialist in Russia's Jewish culture, this definitive anthology of major nineteenth- and twentieth-century fiction, nonfiction and poetry by eighty Jewish-Russian writers explores both timeless themes and specific tribulations of a people's history. A living record of the rich and vibrant legacy of Russia's Jews, this reader-friendly and comprehensive anthology features original English translations. In its selection and presentation, the anthology tilts in favor of human interest and readability. It is organized both chronologically and topically (e.g. "Seething Times: 1860s-1880s"; "Revolution and Emigration: 1920s-1930s"; "Late Soviet Empire and Collapse: 1960s-1990s"). A comprehensive headnote introduces each section. Individual selections have short essays containing information about the authors and the works that are relevant to the topic. The editor's opening essay introduces the topic and relevant contexts at the beginning of the volume; the overview by the leading historian of Russian Jewry John D. Klier appears the end of the volume. Over 500,000 Russian-speaking Jews presently live in America and about 1 million in Israel, while only about 170,000 Jews remain in Russia. The great outflux of Jews from the former USSR and the post-Soviet states has changed the cultural habitat of world Jewry. A formidable force and a new Jewish Diaspora, Russian Jews are transforming the texture of daily life in the US and Canada, and Israel. A living memory, a space of survival and a record of success, Voice of Jewish-Russian Literature ensures the preservation and accessibility of the rich legacy of Russian-speaking Jews.

Anti-Semitism. --- Diaspora. --- Jews of Russia. --- Russia and the former USSR. --- anthology. --- exile. --- immigrants. --- modern Jewish literature. --- translation. --- LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Former Soviet Union. --- Russian literature --- Jews --- Jewish authors

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Modernism valorizes the marginal, the exile, the "other"--yet we tend to use writing from the most commonly read European languages (English, French, German) as examples of this marginality. Chana Kronfeld counters these dominant models of marginality by looking instead at modernist poetry written in two decentered languages, Hebrew and Yiddish. What results is a bold new model of literary dynamics, one less tied to canonical norms, less limited geographically, and less in danger of universalizing the experience of minority writers. Kronfeld examines the interpenetrations of modernist groupings through examples of Hebrew and Yiddish poetry in Europe, the U.S., and Israel. Her discussions of Amichai, Fogel, Raab, Halpern, Markish, Hofshteyn, and Sutskever will be welcomed by students of modernism in general and Hebrew and Yiddish literatures in particular.

Hebrew poetry, Modern --- Yiddish poetry --- Marginality, Social, in literature --- Languages & Literatures --- Middle Eastern Languages & Literatures --- History and criticism --- Marginality, Social, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Yiddish literature --- allusion. --- contraversions critical studies in jewish literature culture and society. --- david fogel. --- deleuze. --- diaspora. --- diversity. --- guattari. --- hebrew culture. --- hebrew literary history. --- historical studies. --- hofshteyn. --- imagist. --- jews. --- judaism. --- literary criticism. --- literary historiography. --- literary trend. --- markish. --- modern jewish literature. --- modernism. --- modernist hebrew poetry. --- modernity. --- moyshe leyb halpern. --- poems. --- poetry. --- religion. --- religious literature. --- stylistic. --- yehuda amichai. --- yiddish literary history.