Figures and Tables
Preface
Introduction
Part One: Abramovitsh
1. The Grandfather of Yiddish Literature
2. S. Y. Abramovitsh: Mendele and the Origins of Modern Yiddish Fiction
3. Satire and Parody in Abramovitsh's Later Fiction
Part Two: Sholem Aleichem
4. The Grandson: Trials of a Yiddish Humorist
5. Sholem Aleichem's "Jewish Novels"
6. Tevye the Dairyman and His Daughters' Rebellion
7. Social Criticism in Sholem Aleichem's Monologues
8. Sholem Aleichem's Monologues of Mastery
Part Three: Peretz
9. The Father of Another Literary Family
10. I. L. Peretz: Monologue and Madness in the Early Stories
11. Irony in I. L. Peretz's Chassidic Tales
Conclusion
Abbreviations
Selected Bibliography
Index of Authors and Works