Kobiecy jidyszland poezji
Women Yiddishland of Poetry

Review: Joanna Lisek, Kol isze – głos kobiet w poezji jidysz (od XVI w. do 1939 r.). Sejny 2018

Summary/Abstract: The reviewer discusses Joanna Lisek’s monograph entitled “Kol isze – głos kobiet w poezji jidysz (od XVI w. do 1939 r.)” (“Kol ische – The Voice of Women in Yiddish Poetry from the Sixteenth Century to 1939”) (Sejny 2018), regarded as one of the most vital achievements both in Yiddish literary studies and in feminist criticism in Poland. Employing the tools offered by this research perspective, Lisek presents the development of women Yiddish lyric poetry as a way to emancipation, leading to making women voices audible in the space of Jewish culture dominated by men. A separate value of the monograph is translation of the poetry, and the translator’s commentaries make up an integral part of reading the texts.

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