Series |
Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europe ; 20
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Contents |
Introduction: young Jewish poets who fell as Soviet soldiers in the second World War -- 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 -- Motl Hartzman (1909-1941): dreams of a better life which never came true -- Elena Shirman (1908-1942): nothing sweeter than the body of a beloved man -- 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 World War Two as a child's game -- Zachar Gorodissky (1923-1943): poetry of happy expectations of life -- Leonid Rosenberg (1924-1944): affection for dear mama as a refuse from death -- Conclusion: the genre of "death poetry". |
General note | Includes poetry. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-260) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Language | Includes English translations from Russian, Ukrainian and Yiddish. |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2013050743 |
ISBN | 9780415705592 (hbk) |