Title: Sanctuary in the wilderness
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.
Subjects: Hebrew language, History and criticism, Modern Hebrew poetry, Revival, Hebrew literature, history and criticism, Hebrew poetry, history and criticism
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century