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2019
Beyond Time and Continents: Irena Klepfisz’s Vision of Poland, America and the Space Between
WEISS, Michaela
Basic information
Original name
Beyond Time and Continents: Irena Klepfisz’s Vision of Poland, America and the Space Between
Authors
WEISS, Michaela (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Iudaica Russica, 2019, 2657-8352
Other information
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
60206 Specific literatures
Country of publisher
Poland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
RIV identification code
RIV/47813059:19240/19:A0000465
Organization unit
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Keywords (in Czech)
Holocaust poetry; American Jewish poetry; Irena Klepfisz; Yiddish poetry
Keywords in English
Holocaust poetry; American Jewish poetry; Irena Klepfisz; Yiddish poetry
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
V originále
Homeland is a space characterized by belonging. For the Klepfisz family and thousands of other Jews, it used to be the flowering Jewish culture of pre-war Poland. This home was, however, irretrievably lost. The present paper analyses Klepfisz’s strategies of searching for a safe space by blending of the European past with the American present. She tells stories that capture the lives and struggles of women both in (pre)war Poland and contemporary America, connecting the narrated events and fates by emotions they evoke. The paper discusses the poet’s search for metaphorical home and the role of the Yiddish language and culture.
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