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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456512403321

Autore

Klein A.M.

Titolo

A.M. Klein . Part I Original poems 1926-1934 : complete poems / / edited by Zailig Pollock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Canada] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1990

©1990

ISBN

1-282-03969-5

9786612039690

1-4426-7056-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1187 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

821.91408

Soggetti

English poetry - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Textual Chronology -- Editorial Procedures -- Acknowledgments -- Biographical Chronology -- 1926 -- c. 1927/1927 -- 1927 -- c. 1928/1928 -- 1928 -- c. 1926/c. 1928 -- c. 1929/1929 -- 1929 -- c. 1930/1930 -- c. 1928/1931 -- c. 1931/1931 -- c. 1932/1932 -- c. 1933/1933 -- c. 1932/1934 -- c. 1934/1934 -- 1934 -- Abbreviations -- Textual Notes: Original Poems, 1926-1934 -- Explanatory Notes: Original Poems, 1926-1934 -- Index of Titles -- Index of First Lines

Sommario/riassunto

It is for his poetry that A.M. Klein is best known and most warmly remembered. This collection includes all Klein's poetry, both original works and translations from Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, and Latin. Many of them, coming from all periods of his careers, have never been published.The poems are arranged chronologically according to date of composition. This makes possible, for the first time, an appreciation of Klein's poetic development. The editor's introduction places this development in the perspective of Klein's life and time, and in particular explores Klein's lifelong struggle to reconcile his dual vocations as both a Jewish and a modernist writer.The textual



apparatus identifies all authoritative versions for each poem and lists all emendations and all substative variants in both published and mauscript versions. The explanatory notes gloss obscure terms and references. They also provide a rich context for appreciation and interpretation by drawing connections with Klein's life, his wide reading, and his work as a whole. Wherever possible, Klein's own numerous, but scattered, comments on his poems have been cited.