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Subject(s)

• Russian poetry—Jewish authors—20th century [Browse]
• Ukrainian poetry—Jewish authors—20th century [Browse]
• Yiddish poetry—20th century [Browse]
• Soldiers' writings, Soviet [Browse]
• Jewish authors—Soviet Union—Biography [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Literature and the war [Browse]
• Death in literature [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Poetry [Browse]
• Death—Poetry [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Poetry [Browse]

Series

• Routledge studies in the history of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 20. [More in this series]
• Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 20

Notes

Includes poetry.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index.

Language note

Includes English translations from Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish.

Contents

• Introduction: young Jewish poets who fell as Soviet soldiers in the second World War
• Jack Althausen (1907-1942): Communist fanaticism against the background
• Vladimir Avruschenko: (1908-1941): complex poet and Communist warrior
• Buzi Olevsky (1908-1941): learned researcher of Yiddish culture, gifted Yiddish writer and poet
• Elena Shirman (1908-1942): nothing sweeter than the body of a beloved man
• Motl Hartzman (1909-1941 or 1943): dreams of a better life which never came true
• Leonid Vilkomir (1912-1942): passionate poetry of work and freedom
• Henikh Shvedikh (1914-1942): the harsh destiny of the Jewish people and of one of its sons: a jewish poet
• Aron Kopshtein (1915-1940): death of mother as a life-long trauma
• Leonid Shersher (1916-1942): dreaming as a philosophy of life
• Pavel Kogan (1918-1942): poet of romantic adventures
• Pinn Vintman (1918-1942): the poetry of death in war
• Boris Smolensky (1921-1941): mature poetry of a young genius
• Vsevolod Bagritzky (1922-1942): the second World War Two as a child's game
• Zachar Gorodissky (1923-1943): valor and hope in the heart of a young man
• Leonid Rosenberg (1924-1944): affection for dear mama as a refuse from death
• Conclusion: the genre of "death poetry".

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ISBN

• 9780415705592 (hardback)
• 0415705592 (hardback)

LCCN

2013050743

OCLC

866922761

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