Proletpen : America's rebel Yiddish poets / edited by Amelia Glaser and David Weintraub ; translated by Amelia Glaser ; with illustrations by Dana Craft ; special editorial assistance from Yankl Salant.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: PJ5191.E3 P76 2005

Overview

Format: Book
Published: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ; [Coral Gables, Fla.] : Dora Teitelboim Center for Yiddish Culture, [2005]
©2005
Locale: United States
Contents: The days of proletpen in American Yiddish poetry / Dovid Katz
Urban landscape
Being a "greener"
Sons of the shop
Speaking of Scottsboro
Encounters with the elements
United in struggle
Matters of the heart
The poet on poetry
Wars to end all wars
Matters of life and death.
Other Authors/Editors: Glaser, Amelia.
Weintraub, David, 1958-
Craft, Dana.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-409).

The days of proletpen in American Yiddish poetry / Dovid Katz -- Urban landscape -- Being a "greener" -- Sons of the shop -- Speaking of Scottsboro -- Encounters with the elements -- United in struggle -- Matters of the heart -- The poet on poetry -- Wars to end all wars -- Matters of life and death.

Text in English; poems in Yiddish with English translation.

Subjects: Yiddish poetry--United States--Translations into English. Yiddish poetry--20th century--Translations into English. Yiddish poetry--United States--History and criticism.

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