Russian Dogs and Jewish Russians: Reading Israel Joshua Singer's 'Liuk' in a Russian Literary Context.
This paper offers a close critical reading of I. J. Singer's little-noted short story "Liuk." This story is read in a Russian rather than Yiddish literary context to show the way in which Singer, writing as a Jew disillusioned with the false messianic promise of the Russian Revolution, engages in a...
| Publicado en: | Prooftexts Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 290 - 318 |
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| Formato: | Short Story Review |
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