Jewish Literatures in Spanish and Portuguese: A Comprehensive Handbook

Ruth Fine (Curatore)

Susanne Zepp (Curatore)

De Gruyter, 2025

This volume offers a thorough introduction to Jewish world literatures in Spanish and Portuguese, which not only addresses the coexistence of cultures, but also the functions of a literary and linguistic space of negotiation in this context. From the Middle Ages to present day, the compendium explores the main Jewish chapters within Spanish- and Portuguese-language world literature, whether from Europe, Latin America, or other parts of the world. No comprehensive survey of this area has been undertaken so far. Yet only a broad focus of this kind can show how diasporic Jewish literatures have been (and are ) – while closely tied to their own traditions – deeply intertwined with local and global literary developments; and how the aesthetic praxis they introduced played a decisive, formative role in the history of literature. With this epistemic claim, the volume aims at steering clear of isolationist approaches to Jewish literatures.

• Curatore: Ruth Fine, Susanne Zepp
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Collana: De Gruyter Reference
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 685 p.
• Dimensioni: 240 x 170 mm
• EAN: 9783112215586

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