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"To
Reveal Our Hearts"
Jewish Women Writers in Tsarist Russia
Carole B. Balin |
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In this
lively study, Carole B. Balin analyzes the writings and lives of five Jewish
women writers who were active before the Russian Revolution. Each chapter
centers on one woman but contextualizes her within the culture in which
she wrote. Miriam Markel-Mosessohn attached herself to the Russian Haskalah.
Hava Shapiro published short stories and newspaper articles in Hebrew over
the course of her thirty-four-year career. Rashel Khin hobnobbed with members
of the Russian intellectual and literary elite, which included Ivan Turgenev.
Feiga Kogan was a Russian symbolist poet, and Sofia Dubnova-Erlikh, daughter
of the historian Simon Dubnov, was an accomplished writer and political
activist. The works and lives of these extraordinary writers offer a comprehensive
view of nineteenth-century Russian Jewish women that is far more nuanced
than the images of balabuste (housewife) or revolutionary currently held
in the collective Jewish consciousness. |
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Introduction:
Neither Balabustes Nor Revolutonaries: The Search for Jewish Women Writers
in Tsarist Russia
1. The
Makings of a Maskilah: Miriam Markel-Mosessohn (1839-1920)
2. The Female Experience in Hebrew Literature: Hava Shapiro (1878-1920)
3. Insider-Outsider Among the Russian Cultural Elite: Rashel' Mironovna
Khin (1861-1928)
4. A Jewish Life Behind the Scenes: Feiga Izrailevna Kogan (1891-1974)
5. Blending Bread and Matzah: Sofiia Dubnova-Erlikh (1885-1986)
Conclusion: A Composite Biography |
