Underwater Monuments: Iossif Ventura and the Poetry of Commemoration
The article looks at Iossif Ventura's collected edition of "Tanaïs" and "Kyklonio" (two poems commemorating the death by drowning of almost the entire Jewish community of Crete in 1944, published in English in 2015), exploring the themes of memory, trauma, and guilt, while l...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
European journal of jewish studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 14, Issue: 1, Pages: 137-148 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Benturas, Iōsēph 1938-
/ Poetry
/ Crete
/ Jews
/ Memory
/ Coming to terms with the past
/ Mediterranean
/ Refugee
/ Geschichte 2015
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BH Judaism TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
the Tanaïs
B Crete B Iossif Ventura B Memory B survivors' guilt B Trauma B Greek-Jewish poetry B the Holocaust |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The article looks at Iossif Ventura's collected edition of "Tanaïs" and "Kyklonio" (two poems commemorating the death by drowning of almost the entire Jewish community of Crete in 1944, published in English in 2015), exploring the themes of memory, trauma, and guilt, while linking the poems' haunting underwater imagery with current concerns about the deaths of refugees in the Mediterranean. Drawing connections between Ventura, Jason deCaires Taylor's underwater statues, and Marie Jalowicz Simon's book about survival in Nazi Germany, Gone to Ground, the essay considers the psychological ramifications of precarious sea crossings aiming at escape and freedom. |
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| ISSN: | 1872-471X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal of jewish studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1872471X-11411092 |
