Jewish Folklore
Joseph Zabara has only in recent times received the consideration justly due to him. Yet his Book of Delight, finished about the year 1200, is more than a poetical romance. It is a golden link between folk literature and imaginative poetry. The style is original, and the framework of the story is an altogether fresh adaptation of a famous legend. The anecdotes and epigrams introduced incidentally also partake of this twofold quality. The author has made them his own, yet they are mostly adapted rather than invented. Hence, the poem is as valuable to the folklorist as to the literary critic. For, though Zabara's compilation is similar to such…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-7481-5812-7
- EAN: 9783748158127
- Produktnummer: 29649393
- Verlag: Books on Demand
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 203 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 572 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
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