{"product_id":"sing-stranger-a-century-of-american-yiddish-poetry-a-historical-anthology-hardcover","title":"Sing, Stranger: A Century of American Yiddish Poetry--A Historical Anthology - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Harshav\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Harshav\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSing, Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive historical anthology of a century of American poetry written in Yiddish and now translated into English for the first time. Here are the Proletarian or \"sweat-shop\" poets, sympathizing with Socialist Anarchists, who were highly popular with Yiddish audiences at the end of the nineteenth century; the lyrical moods and ironies of the \"Young Generation\" at the beginning of the twentieth century; the sophisticated poetry of the modern world seen through the individualistic prism of the \"Introspectivists\" after World War I; samples of epic poetry; and, finally, the poetry of the Holocaust and the decline of the Yiddish language. This anthology reveals both an amazing achievement of Jewish creative work and an important body of American poetry, written in a minority language, practically unknown to most readers. The travails, joys, and intimate experiences of the individual in the big metropolis are intertwined with representations of American realities: architecture and alienation in the big city, the migration of the blacks, trade unions and underworld, the immigrant experience in this immense and strange land, and the destinies of Jewish history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSing, Stranger is a comprehensive historical anthology of a century of American poetry written in Yiddish and now translated into English for the first time. Here are the Proletarian or \"sweat-shop\" poets, sympathizing with Socialist Anarchists, who were highly popular with Yiddish audiences at the end of the nineteenth century; the lyrical moods and ironies of the \"Young Generation\" at the beginning of the twentieth century; the sophisticated poetry of the modern world seen through the individualistic prism of the \"Introspectivists\" after World War I; samples of epic poetry; and, finally, the poetry of the Holocaust and the decline of the Yiddish language. This anthology reveals both an amazing achievement of Jewish creative work and an important body of American poetry, written in a minority language, practically unknown to most readers. The travails, joys, and intimate experiences of the individual in the big metropolis are intertwined with representations of American realities: architecture and alienation in the big city, the migration of the blacks, trade unions and underworld, the immigrant experience in this immense and strange land, and the destinies of Jewish history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Harshav is Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Yale University. Among his many books are \u003ci\u003eThe Meaning of Yiddish\u003c\/i\u003e (1986; Stanford University Press paperback, 1999), \u003ci\u003eLanguage in Time of Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e (1993; Stanford University Press paperback, 1999), \u003ci\u003eMarc Chagall and His Times: A Documentary Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 2003), and \u003ci\u003eMarc Chagall on Art and Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford University Press, 2003).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 760\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.88 x 10.06 x 7.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 20, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131192053895,"sku":"9780804751834","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/db821bbdeca16463d5417745108a91ef.webp?v=1732617068","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/sing-stranger-a-century-of-american-yiddish-poetry-a-historical-anthology-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}