Antonio's Devils: Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment and the Birth of Modern Hebrew and Yiddish Literature (Stanford Studies in Jewish History and C)

374 Pages·2004·1.86 MB·English

by  Jeremy Dauber

Antonio’s Devils
Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
edited by Aron Rodrigue and Steven J. Zipperstein
Antonio’s Devils
Writers of the Jewish Enlightenment
and the Birth of Modern Hebrew
and Yiddish Literature
Jeremy Dauber
stanford university press
stanford, california
2004
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
©2004 by the Board of Trustees of the
Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Publication of this book was made possible by generous support
from the Koret Foundation.
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free, archival-quality paper
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dauber, Jeremy Asher.
Antonio’s devils : writers of the Jewish enlightenment and the
birth of modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature / Jeremy Dauber.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8047-4901-9 (cloth)
1. Jewish literature—History and criticism. 2. Haskalah.
3. Jewish authors—Biography. 4.Mendelssohn, Moses.
5. Halle-Wolfssohn, A. 6. Perl, Joseph.I. Title.
PN6067 .D38 2004
892.4’09—dc22
2003023990
Original Printing 2004
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Typeset by Classic Typography in 10.5/14 Galliard
For my parents

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