The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume II: Jewish Poems and Translations: 2 (Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Lazarus, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486786439 ISBN 13: 9780486786438

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2015

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This two-volume reprint constitutes the first printing by a major publisher since the debut of The Poems of Emma Lazarus in 1900. Volume II features verse with historic Jewish themes as well as translations of 11th century Hebrew poetry and works by Heinrich Heine, Petrarch, and Alfred de Musset.

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New York City–based poet Emma Lazarus (1849–87) is best known for "The New Colossus," which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement.

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New York City–based poet Emma Lazarus (1849–87) is best known for "The New Colossus," which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement. This two-volume edition of The Poems of Emma Lazarus marks the work's first major reappearance since its last printing in 1900.
Volume II features verse with historic Jewish themes as well as translations of eleventh-century Hebrew poetry and works by Heinrich Heine, Petrarch, and Alfred de Musset. Selections include "The New Ezekiel," "The Feast of Lights," "1492," "By the Waters of Babylon: Little Poems in Prose," "Longing for Jerusalem," and many other poems. Volume I, available separately, features epochs, sonnets, and naturalist poems as well as the celebrated "The New Colossus."
Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1889.
See every Dover book in print at
www.doverpublications.com

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New York City-based poet Emma Lazarus (1849-87) is best known for The New Colossus, which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement. This two-volume edition of The Poems of Emma Lazarus marks the work's first major reappearance since its last printing in 1900.
Volume II features verse with historic Jewish themes as well as translations of eleventh-century Hebrew poetry and works by Heinrich Heine, Petrarch, and Alfred de Musset. Selections include The New Ezekiel, The Feast of Lights, 1492, By the Waters of Babylon: Little Poems in Prose, Longing for Jerusalem, and many other poems. Volume I, available separately, features epochs, sonnets, and naturalist poems as well as the celebrated The New Colossus.
Dover (2015) republication of the edition originally published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1889.
See every Dover book in print at
www.doverpublications.com

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• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0486786439
• ISBN 13: 9780486786438
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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