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Title

Young Jewish poets who fell as Soviet soldiers in the Second World War / Rina Lapidus.

Author

Lapidus, Rina

Publication

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2014.

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Description

xii, 265 pages; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 20

Uniform Title

Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 20.

Subject

• Russian poetry > Jewish authors > 20th century
• Ukrainian poetry > Jewish authors > 20th century
• Yiddish poetry > 20th century
• Soldiers' writings, Soviet
• Jewish authors > Soviet Union > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Literature and the war
• Death in literature
• World War, 1939-1945 > Poetry
• Death > Poetry

Note

• Includes poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Includes English translations from Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish.

Contents

Introduction: young Jewish poets who fell as Soviet soldiers in the second World War -- War -- 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".

ISBN

• 9780415705592 (hardback)
• 0415705592 (hardback)
• 9781315889610 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2013050743
• 40024040285

OCLC

• 866922761
• 2013050743
• SCSB-5762574

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries