Words on Fire : The Unfinished Story of Yiddish by Katz, Dovid

Basic Books, 2004. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Basic Books (AZ), 2004. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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New York: Basic Books, 2004. Near fine (very light edgewear) in near fine dust jacket (light edgewear). 430 pages, including index. Author -- as of publication date 2004 -- teaches at Vilnius University (Lithuania). Explores the origin, history, and centrality of Yiddish, including today. . Hard Cover. Illus. by Illustrations and maps.

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New York : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; xvi, 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Genesis -- The three languages of Ashkenaz -- Old Yiddish literature -- What should a lady read -- Yiddish and Kabbalah -- In the East -- Westernization and language -- New visions of Judaism -- The twentieth century -- In the twenty-first century -- The future of Yiddish. Subjects; Yiddish language History. Yiddish language History. Jiddisch. Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated.

New York: Basic Books, 2004. First edition, first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Very fine in fine jacket; as new. See photos. in new dust-jacket. Quarto in creme color illus jacket; xvi, 430 pages: illustrations, maps; 24 cm; bibliographical references and index. "From its ancient roots in Hebrew and Aramaic, to its development as the common language of Jews in medieval Europe, and its blossoming as a language of literature, scholarship and a lively press in the nineteenth century, the story of Yiddish mirrors the history of the Jewish people in Europe and beyond. In Words on Fire, leading Yiddish scholar Dovid Katz recounts the sweeping history of this evocative and multifaceted language. Drawing on thirty years of research, Words on Fire traces the steps of a language once derided as "jargon" and identified with women and uneducated men from medieval times onward, and relates how efforts to raise its prestige were often met by opposition from the powers that be. Katz highlights the rise… Read More