ABSTRACT
Peretz Markish (1895-1952), one of Eastern Europe's most important Yiddish poets in the period between the two world wars, was a fiercely independent maverick who published work in all literary genres. Although emerging from the Kiev literary tradition, Markish always went his own way in a literary career spanning four decades and embracing almost
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|22 pages
The Language of Dispersion and Confusion
Peretz Markish’s Manifestos from the Khalyastre Period
chapter 7|13 pages
Peretz Markish in the 1930s:
Socialist Construction and the Return of the Luftmentsh
