Being for Myself Alone - Origins of Jewish Autobiography - Hardback - 2005

This work traces the origins of Jewish autobiographical writing from the early modern period to the early 20th century. Drawing on Hebrew and Yiddish texts and contemporary autobiographical theory, it provides a literary/historical explanatory paradigm for the emergence of the Jewish autobiographical voice.
Year of publication: 2005
Pagination: 672 pages
Format: Hardback
Serie: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture