Sing, Stranger - A Century of American Yiddish Poetry-A Historical Anthology (Hardcover, 3., Bearb. Aufl)

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.

General

Imprint:	Stanford University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	2006
Editors:	Benjamin Harshav
Translators:	Barbara Harshav
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 48mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth / Cloth
Pages:	760
Edition:	3., Bearb. Aufl
ISBN-13:	978-0-8047-5183-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-8047-5183-8
Barcode:	9780804751834

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