{"product_id":"the-beginnings-of-ladino-literature-moses-almosnino-and-his-readers-hardback-9780253025524","title":"The Beginnings of Ladino Literature; Moses Almosnino and His Readers (Hardback) 9780253025524","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Beginnings of Ladino Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMoses Almosnino and His Readers\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOlga Borovaya (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253025524\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 March 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages, 11 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 11 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.617 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith detailed notes, bibliography, and an index, this work is a critical addition to the growing body of research on the importance of Ladino literature today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e[Olga Borovaya's] labor of many years resulted in a superb and insightful book, which approaches the classics of Sephardi literature from a perspective different from the one adopted until now, and thus teaches us to explore new paths. It should be read and savored slowly, because one is sure to encounter there an intriguing fact that will open a gold mine where one will discover new approaches to the study of sixteenth-century Sephardi literature, a virgin field never before plowed in depth. We need many works like this one by Olga Borovaya.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e - Pilar Romeu (Sefarad) \u003cp\u003eThis book is heartily recommended for anyone wishing to learn more not only about one fascinating rabbi, traveller and author, but about the nature and development of a fascinating literary culture, and the world of two dynamic Ottoman cities.\u003c\/p\u003e (Bulletin of Spanish Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoses Almosnino (1518-1580), arguably the most famous Ottoman Sephardi writer and the only one who was known in Europe to both Jews and Christians, became renowned for his vernacular books that were admired by Ladino readers across many generations. While Almosnino's works were written in a style similar to contemporaneous Castilian, Olga Borovaya makes a strong argument for including them in the corpus of Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) literature. Borovaya suggests that the history of Ladino literature begins at least 200 years earlier than previously believed and that Ladino, like most other languages, had more than one functional style. With careful historical work, Borovaya establishes a new framework for thinking about Ladino language and literature and the early history of European print culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003eNote on Translations, Transcriptions, Titles, and Proper Names\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePrologue. Jewish Vernacular Culture in Fifteenth-Century Iberia \u003cbr\u003e1. Ladino in the Sixteenth Century: The Emergence of a New Vernacular Literature\u003cbr\u003e2. Almosnino's Epistles: A New Genre for a New Audience\u003cbr\u003e3. Almosnino's Chronicles: The Ottoman Empire Through the Eyes of Court Jews \u003cbr\u003e4. The First Ladino Travelogue: Almosnino's Treatise on the Extremes of Constantinople \u003cbr\u003e5. Rabbis and Merchants: New Readers, New Educational Projects\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue. Moses Almosnino, a Renaissance Man?\u003cbr\u003eAppendix. The Extremes of Constantinople\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52702511104280,"sku":"9780253025524","price":34.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-beginnings-of-ladino-literature-moses-almosnino-and-his-readers-hardback-9780253025524","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}