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The Yiddish poet is fortunately saved, both by his inacquaintance with the more recondite slopes of Parnassus, and by his peculiar heritage of national pain, from delving too deeply for his material or moulding it too tortuously. His childhood has pro vided him with that store of glamorous memories inherent in a ritualistic and domesticated religion; his youth has known the struggle between the old culture and the new, often intensified by exile; his manhood is richly endowed with miseries of body and spirit, and, above all - if the discipline of suffer ing be necessary to the doctrine of song - he is the son of a persecuted and homeless race, which is half martyr, half-philistine, half-superman, half-bagman a strange mixture of the sublime and the ridiculous. Is it wonderful if his songs reflect all this tragi-comic medley, if they hesitate between a sigh and a tear, and if the sigh, when it comes, is as much of self contempt as of self-pity? These traits are more or less common to all the ghetto poets; they are but glorified in Heine.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book of resonant and varied poetry is the result of an alien immigrant's struggle to find his place in a world shadowed both by personal sorrow and the haunting weight of his people's history. The author is a Yiddish poet writing in English, and his verse is a fusion of these two distinct literary traditions. A collection of Jewish-themed poems, it is structured around Jewish festivals and rituals, and it often reflects on themes of exile and displacement. These poems deeply explore the various aspects of love, faith, suffering, joy, and loss. They search for meaning in the face of life's many contradictions and celebrate the resilience of the human spirit amid hardship. The author's unique voice and perspective give this book a special resonance, making it a significant contribution to both Jewish and world literature. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331778523_0
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