Sanctuary in the wilderness
Subtitle: a critical introduction to American Hebrew poetry
By: Alan Mintz
Series: Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture; Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stanford, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 521
ISBN-13: 9780804762939
Subjects: Hebrew language; History and criticism; Modern Hebrew poetry; Revival
Description: Mintz's book is a critical introduction to American Hebrew poetry, focussing on a dozen key poets. This secular poetry began with a preoccupation with the situation of the individual in a disenchanted world and then moved outward to engage American vistas and Jewish fate and hope in mid-century. American Hebrew poets hoped to be read in both Palestine and America, but were disappointed on both scores. Several moved to Israel and connected with the vital literary scene there, but most stayed and persisted in the cause of American Hebraism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-[506]) and index.
Table of contents: title: Hebrew knights in a new land; title: The apotheosis of Hebrew; title: Benjamin Nahum Silkiner; title: Israel Efros; title: Ephraim E. Lisitzky; title: Abraham Samuel Schwartz; title: Hillel Bavli; title: Shimon Ginzburg; title: H.A. Friedland; title: Moshe Feinstein; title: Eisig Silberschlag; title: Simon Halkin; title: Abraham Regelson; title: Gabriel Preil; title: On Native American grounds; title: New England, the nineteenth century; title: California gold; title: In the tents of Cush; title: Urban enclosures.