Anglo-Jewish Poetry from Isaac Rosenberg to Elaine Feinestein (Paperback, New)

This is the first book-length study to survey the phenomenon of twentieth-century Anglo-Jewish poetry. It proceeds by reading established Anglo-Jewish poets against the grain of conventional thinking about English verse. For example, rather than understanding Isaac Rosenberg and Siegfried Sassoon as simply First World War poets, it approaches them as minority Anglo-Jewish poets as well. A similar challenge to the notion of an undifferentiated English literature is made with respect to four other major writers: John Rodker (1894-1955), Jon Silkin (1930-97), Elaine Finestein (1930-) and Karen Gershon (1923-93). All these poets share a peripheral relationship with English and Jewish culture, together with a common attachment to the diasporic narrative of exile and deferred return to a textually imagined homeland.

General

Imprint:	Vallentine Mitchell
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2006
First published:	October 2006
Authors:	Peter Lawson
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	227
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-85303-617-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Jewish studies
LSN:	0-85303-617-9
Barcode:	9780853036173

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