"Gaystike erd" by Avrom Sutzkever: between personal mythology and national ideology
The epic poem Gaystike erd (Spiritual Soil) is among Avraham Sutzkever"s most ambitious works: an attempt to establish a new national identity for Yiddish-speaking Jews in post-Holocaust Israel. I offer here the first comprehensive reading of this interesting work in its cultural and historical...
| Published in: | The journal of Jewish studies |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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The journal of Jewish studies
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| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Jewish literature
B Jews B Prophets B Zionists B Yiddish B Yiddish language |
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| Summary: | The epic poem Gaystike erd (Spiritual Soil) is among Avraham Sutzkever"s most ambitious works: an attempt to establish a new national identity for Yiddish-speaking Jews in post-Holocaust Israel. I offer here the first comprehensive reading of this interesting work in its cultural and historical contexts. One of the most interesting features of this work, I argue, is its uneven poetic tone, which culminates in a sudden change of its aim and content occurring in the epilogue: over the course of writing the poem, I suggest, its author, a master of lyrical intimate expression, had turned from a sophisticated challenger of mainstream Zionist imagery into a national grandiose poet and prophet. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-2097 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.18647/3264/JJS-2016 |