CHAPTER XLIII

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YIDDISH LITERATURE, DRAMA AND THE PRESS.

Yiddish poets of the United States equal, if they do not excell, the poets of the same tongue in other countries――Morris Rosenfeld――“Yehoash” and Sharkansky――Bovshoer and other radicals――Zunser――Old fashioned novelists――The sketch writers who are under the influence of the Russian realistic writers―― Abner Tannenbaum――Alexander Harkavy――“Krantz,” Hermalin, Zevin and others――Abraham Goldfaden and the playwrights who followed him――Jacob Gordin and the realists――Yiddish actors and actresses――The Yiddish Press――The high position attained by the dailies――Weekly and monthly publications.

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