Listening to the Languages of the People: Lazar. Davis**

Name: Listening to the Languages of the People: Lazar. Davis**
Brand: Central European University Press

Central European University Press

This tale of great achievements and great disappointments offers a fresh perspective on the interplay between scholarship and political sentiment in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.\nLazar ?aineanu (1859-1934), linguist and folklorist, was a pioneer in his native Romania, seeking out the popular elements in culture along with high literary ones. He was among the first to publish a study of Yiddish as a genuine language, and he uncovered Turkish features in Romanian language and customs. He also made an index of hundreds of Romanian folktales. Yet when he sought Romanian citizenship and a professorship, he was blocked by powerful figures who thought Jews could not be Romanians and who fancied the origins of Romanian culture to be wholly Latin. Faced with anti-Semitism,\n\nListening to the Languages of the People \u2013 Lazare Sain\u00E9an on Romanian, Yiddish, and French\nLazare Sainean on Romanian, Yiddish, and French\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand ne;