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Abraham Shlonsky - An Introduction to His Poetry (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,626
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Abraham Shlonsky - An Introduction to His Poetry (Hardcover): Ari Ofengenden

Abraham Shlonsky - An Introduction to His Poetry (Hardcover)

Ari Ofengenden

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The poet Abraham Shlonsky (1900-1973) can be regarded as the main architect of Jewish Modernism and Hebrew secular culture. In his crucial contribution, Ari Ofengenden disentangles Shlonsky's work from Zionist readings and shows how his poetics redeem experiences of radical political displacement, exile and alienation through the use of a precise, chiseled yet playfully enigmatic style. Writing on immigrants, refugees and urban outcasts following the traumatic events of the First World War and the Civil War in Russia, his poetry constitutes a fusion of Modernist European poetry with biblical and rabbinic sources with the influences of Georg Trakl and Rimbaud. The book situates Shlonsky's poetry in the context of his "rebellion" against the romantic poetry of C.N. Bialik and as an active participant in the European styles of Symbolism and Expressionism. The book is indispensable for understanding Modern Hebrew and Jewish culture, and more generally as an exemplar of today's more prevalent hybridizations of tradition and modernity.

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Imprint: de Gruyter Oldenbourg
Country of origin: Germany
Release date: May 2014
First published: 2014
Authors: Ari Ofengenden
Dimensions: 230 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 978-3-11-035061-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
LSN: 3-11-035061-0
Barcode: 9783110350616

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