Belief and Doubt in the Landscape and Holocaust Poems of David Fram (1903–88)
This study of Lithuanian South African Yiddish poet David Fram foregrounds poems in which he wrestles with issues of belief, observance, abandonment, and doubt. It juxtaposes Fram’s nature poems with those that encompass the impact of the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a distant observer, written b...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2022
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Literature and theology
Year: 2022, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 96-113 |
| RelBib Classification: | BH Judaism NBA Dogmatics TK Recent history |
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| Summary: | This study of Lithuanian South African Yiddish poet David Fram foregrounds poems in which he wrestles with issues of belief, observance, abandonment, and doubt. It juxtaposes Fram’s nature poems with those that encompass the impact of the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a distant observer, written before, during, and after the Second World War. Close analysis of the poems’ lyrical forms highlights his deep emotional and spiritual connection to nature and gratitude towards the Creator, which may be considered pantheistic, in contrast with the challenges to his trust in the Jewish God and commitment to traditional observance during catastrophic times. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frab032 |