
For Whom Do I Toil?
Judah Leib Gordon and the Crisis of Russian Jewry
Michael Stanislawski(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 2. February 1989
Book
Hardback
278 pages
978-0-19-504290-0 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first full-length biography, in any language, of Judah Leib Gordon, one of the pivotal intellectual and cultural figures in Russian Jewry, and the most important Hebrew poet of the nineteenth century. Setting Gordon's life and work amidst the political, cultural, and religious upheavals of his society, Stanislawski attempts to counter traditional stereotypical readings of Eastern European Jewish history. Judah Leib Gordon's personal story is a fascinating drama that both symbolizes and summarizes the cultural and political challenges facing Russian Jewry at a crucial time in history, challenges that remain pertinent and controversial today.
Reviews / Votes
'fine book'Lloyd P. Gartner, Journal of Jewish Sociology 'elegant and thoroughly scholarly study of Gordon - the first full-scale biography to be written ... Stanislawski's book provides a definitive exposition of the subject'
L'Eylan 'This book is of major significance for it is the first sustained study in any language of the life of Judah Leib Gordon. Through a masterly reconstruction of Gordon's life Stanislawski provides us with a detailed insight and hitherto unexplored approach to a whole chapter in both Jewish and Russian history.'
Soviet Jewish Affairs, Vol 20 No 1 '90
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
6 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
6 halftones, 4 facsimiles
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
615 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-504290-0 (9780195042900)
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10/1988
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Assistant Professor of History on the Miller EndowmentAssistant Professor of History on the Miller Endowment, Columbia University