Tag Archives: Sephardic Literature

Translation in Diaspora: the Hebrew Amadís de Gaula

Posted on January 2, 2012 by David Wacks

In a previous entry, I discussed the literary and cultural contexts of Jacob Algaba’s 1541 Hebrew translation of Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s 1508 chivalric novel, Amadís de Gaula. Here I would like to talk more directly about the text of … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress Talk

Posted on April 12, 2011 by David Wacks

This is the slidecast from a Work in Progress talk I gave last week at the Oregon Humanities Center, where I was Ernest Moll Fellow in Literary Studies during Winter term 2011. You can also listen to the .mp3 here.

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“Great book, but is it really Spanish?”

Posted on February 4, 2011 by David Wacks

Popular audiences in Jewish communities across the world are practically addicted to  images of Spanish Jewry’s “Golden Age.” The idea of a Jewish community that was rich, powerful, and intellectually talented has been pretty compelling to the modern Jewish imagination. … Continue reading →

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