Sing stranger
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Sing, Stranger is a comprehensive historical anthology of a century of American poetry written in Yiddish and now translated into English for the first time. This anthology reveals both an amazing achievement of Jewish creative work and an important body of American poetry.
Sing, Stranger is a comprehensive historical anthology of a century of American poetry written in Yiddish and now translated into English for the first time. Here are the Proletarian or "sweat-shop" poets, sympathizing with Socialist Anarchists, who were highly popular with Yiddish audiences at the end of the nineteenth century; the lyrical moods and ironies of the "Young Generation" at the beginning of the twentieth century; the sophisticated poetry of the modern world seen through the individualistic prism of the "Introspectivists" after World War I; samples of epic poetry; and, finally, the poetry of the Holocaust and the decline of the Yiddish language. This anthology reveals both an amazing achievement of Jewish creative work and an important body of American poetry, written in a minority language, practically unknown to most readers. The travails, joys, and intimate experiences of the individual in the big metropolis are intertwined with representations of American realities: architecture and alienation in the big city, the migration of the blacks, trade unions and underworld, the immigrant experience in this immense and strange land, and the destinies of Jewish history.
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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 20 september 2006
Aantal pagina's: 760
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Benjamin Harshav
Hoofdredacteur: Benjamin Harshav
Tweede Redacteur: Barbara Harshav
Co Redacteur: Benjamin Harshav
Hoofduitgeverij: Stanford University Press
Eerste Vertaler: Barbara Harshav
Tweede Vertaler: Barbara Harshav
Originele titel: Sing, Stranger: A Century of American Yiddish Poetry-A Historical Anthology
Editie: 1
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 187 mm
Product hoogte: 48 mm
Product lengte: 256 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 178 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 51 mm
Verpakking lengte: 248 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 1461 g
EAN: 9780804751834