An edition of A.M. Klein (1993)

A.M. Klein

the story of the poet

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An edition of A.M. Klein (1993)

A.M. Klein

the story of the poet

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In this study of A. M. Klein's work, Zailig Pollock focuses on 'the story of the poet,' which Klein retells again and again at major turning points in his career. Pollock argues that the story reflects Klein's attempt to mediate between his dual Jewish and modernist ambitions. While Klein's Jewishness gave him a sense of rootedness and vocation, it placed constraints on his personal and artistic freedom.

Modernism offered Klein freedom for personal exploration and artistic expression, but the rootlessness implicit in modernism repelled him.

The story of the poet who engages in a strategic inner retreat from a hostile or, at best, indifferent society, eventually returning as a redeemer of the society which spurned him, was first formulated in 'Out of the Pulver and The Polished Lens.' It was most fully articulated in 'Portrait of the Poet as Landscape' and The Second Scroll, and abandoned only in the despairing works which immediately preceded Klein's final breakdown and silence.

This is the first book to survey all of Klein's poetry, prose, and journalism, published and unpublished, and place it in the context of its times.

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Language
English
Pages
324

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Cover of: A. M. Klein
A. M. Klein: The Story of the Poet
2016, University of Toronto Press
in English
Cover of: A.M. Klein
A.M. Klein: the story of the poet
1994, University of Toronto Press
in English
Cover of: A.M. Klein
A.M. Klein: an annotated bibliography
1993, ECW Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.

Published in
Toronto, Buffalo

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
811/.52
Library of Congress
PR9199.3.K48 Z83 1994, PR9291.L45 Z84 1994eb, PR9199.3.K48Z83 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 324 p. ;
Number of pages
324

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL879027M
Internet Archive
amkleinstoryofpo0000poll
ISBN 10
0802004466, 0802072348
LCCN
95166235, cn94930953
OCLC/WorldCat
30360911
Library Thing
2800612
Amazon ID (ASIN)
Goodreads
4667014
2130061

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