Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on Orthography xi
5. List of Abbreviations xii
6. Part One. Setting the Stage
7. 1. Antonio’s Devil: Shylock, Allusion, and the Birth of Modern Jewish Literature 3
8. 2. Allusion in a Jewish Key: Literary Theory and the Study of Haskala Literature 32
9. 3. Historical Background 67
10. Part Two. Prussia
11. 4. Moses Mendelssohn 103
12. 5. Aaron Halle-Wolfssohn 164
13. Part Three. Galicia
14. 6. Joseph Perl: Between Hebrew and Yiddish 209
15. 7. Joseph Perl: Megale Temirin 252
16. Part Four. Coda
17. Conclusion and Further Directions for Study 313
18. Bibliography 319
19. Index 343