Professor Ruth Wisse of McGill University discusses the Yiddish writer I.L. Peretz in this 1988 lecture series, “Creative Survival: I.L. Peretz and the Makings of Modern Jewish Culture.”

Lecture 1: Body & Spirit in I.L. Peretz

Lecture 2: Hope & Fear in I.L. Peretz

Lectures 3: The Politics & Art of I.L. Peretz

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