description: Studies the Russian-born Canadian-Jewish poet and author of Hitleriad, A. M. Klein. Examines Klein's representations of the post-war humanist crisis. Examines the extent to which Klein's Canadian Jewish identity informs the poet's quest for the ethical restitution of the world at large, and contests the accepted critical view of Klein as a Jewish poet unable to escape the parochialism of the Canadian literary scene. Outlines the poetics of Klein's quest for language and form which would sustain the meaningfulness of art in the face of devastating historical reality. n
language: English
title: A.M. Klein, the Father of Canadian Jewish Literature: Essays in the Poetics of Humanistic Politics
titlecomplete: A.M. Klein, the Father of Canadian Jewish Literature: Essays in the Poetics of Humanistic Politics (Jewish Studies)
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Canadian Jewish Book Award
category: Literary Criticism
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr