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Author Rolnick, Joseph, 1879-1955, author.

Title With rake in hand : memoirs of a Yiddish poet / Joseph Rolnik ; translated by Gerald Marcus
Edition First edition
Published Syracuse : Syracuse University Press, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Series Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art
Judaic traditions in literature, music, and art.
Contents C1; Rolnik Final; bc1
Summary Joseph Rolnik is widely considered one of the most prominent of the New York Yiddish poets associated with Di Yunge, an avant-garde literary group that formed in the early twentieth century. In his moving and evocative memoir, Rolnik recalls his childhood growing up in a small town in Belarus and his exhilarating yet arduous experiences as an impoverished Yiddish poet living in New York. Working in garment factories by day and writing poetry by night, he became one of the most published and influential writers of the Yiddish literary scene. Unfolding in a series of brief sketches, poems, and vignettes rather than consistent narrative, Rolnik's memoir is imbued with the poet's rich, sensuous language, which vividly describes the sounds and images of his life. Marcus's elegant translation, along with his introduction situating Rolnik's poetry in its literary historical context, gives readers a fascinating account of this under-appreciated literary treasure
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rolnick, Joseph, 1879-1955.
Rolnick, Joseph, 1879-1955
Authors, Yiddish -- Biography
HISTORY -- Jewish.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- German.
Authors, Yiddish
Genre/Form Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
Author Marcus, Gerald, translator.
LC no. 2016043116
ISBN 9780815653936
081565393X
Other Titles Zikhroynes. English