The Space of Words - Exile and Diaspora in the Works of Nelly Sachs

A new evaluation of one of the most significant Holocaust poets, Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), offering the first sustained critical analysis of Sachs's largely unanalyzed pre-war poetry and prose.

List of contents

"An Stelle von Heimat": An Introduction
Biography of the Poet:: "a frail woman must do it"
Wandering and Words, Wandering in Words
Sach's Merlin the Sorcerer: Reconfiguring the Myth as Plural
Poetic Space after the Abyss
Israel Is Not Only Land: Diasporic Poetry
Relearning to Listen: Sachs's Poem Cycle "Dein Leib im Rauch durch die Luft"
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Jennifer M. Hoyer

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer M Hoyer, Jennifer M. Hoyer, Jennifer M. Hoyle
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.2017
• EAN: 9781571139856
• ISBN: 978-1-57113-985-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Studies in German Literature L
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, Literature - Classics / Criticism, European - German