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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

Language

English

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

References:

https://www.ceeol.com/search/journal-detail?id=2408

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

SGS42018, ÚCJ

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 22/4/2020 08:22, doc. PhDr. Michaela Weiss, Ph.D.

Abstract

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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