ISBN:
9780415705592
,
9781315889610
Language:
English
Pages:
XII, 265 S.
,
24 cm
Year of publication:
2014
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe 20
Series Statement:
Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe
DDC:
891.709/8924
Keywords:
Russian poetry Jewish authors 20th century
;
Ukrainian poetry Jewish authors 20th century
;
Yiddish poetry 20th century
;
Soldiers' writings, Soviet
;
Jewish authors Biography
;
World War, 1939-1945 Literature and the war
;
Death in literature
;
World War, 1939-1945 Poetry
;
Death Poetry
;
Biografie
;
Sowjetunion
;
Juden
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
;
Soldat
;
Tod
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: young Jewish poets who fell as Soviet soldiers in the second World WarWar -- Jack Althausen (1907-1942): Communist fanaticism against the background -- Vladimir Avruschenko: (1908-1941): complex poet and Communist warrior -- Buzi Olevsky (1908-1941): learned researcher of Yiddish culture, gifted Yiddish writer and poet -- Motl Hartzman (1909-1941): dreams of a better life which never came true -- Elena Shirman (1908-1942): nothing sweeter than the body of a beloved man -- Leonid Vilkomir (1912-1942): passionate poetry of work and freedom -- Henikh Shvedikh (1914-1942): the harsh destiny of the Jewish people and of one of its sons - a jewish poet -- Aron Kopshtein (1915-1940): death of mother as a life-long trauma -- Leonid Shersher (1916-1942): dreaming as a philosophy of life -- Pavel Kogan (1918-1942): poet of romantic adventures -- Pinn Vintman (1918-1942): the poetry of death in war -- Boris Smolensky (1921-1941): mature poetry of a young genius -- Vsevolod Bagritzky (1922-1942): the World War Two as a child's game -- Zachar Gorodissky (1923-1943): poetry of happy expectations of life -- Leonid Rosenberg (1924-1944): affection for dear mama as a refuse from death -- Conclusion: the genre of "death poetry".
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Note:
Includes English translations from Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish
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Includes English translations from Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish
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