Emma Lazarus est célébrée pour son puissant sonnet, « Le Nouveau Colosse ». Cette œuvre emblématique, écrite en 1883, est devenue un symbole durable d'espoir et d'accueil pour les immigrants. La poésie de Lazarus a fréquemment exploré les thèmes de l'identité et de l'expérience de l'immigrant, insufflant à ses vers une beauté lyrique et une profonde profondeur émotionnelle. Ses contributions significatives en font une voix pionnière de la littérature américaine.
"Dover's two-volume edition of The Poems of Emma Lazarus marks the work's first printing by a major publisher since its last printing in 1900. Volume I features epochs, sonnets, and naturalist poems as well as Lazarus's most famous work, "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the base of the Statue of Liberty"-- Provided by publisher
New York City–based poet Emma Lazarus (1849–87) is best known for "The New Colossus," which is inscribed upon the base of the Statue of Liberty. The highly respected writer and intellectual corresponded with Ralph Waldo Emerson and was an advocate for indigent Jewish refugees and a forerunner of the Zionist movement. This two-volume edition of The Poems of Emma Lazarus marks the work's first major reappearance since its last printing in 1900. Volume I features epochs, sonnets, and naturalist poems. The epochs consist of reflections on youth, regret, grief, longing, and other emotions. Other poems include "On the Proposal to Erect a Monument in England to Lord Byron," "Agamemnon's Tomb," "August Moon," "A Masque of Venice," and the renowned "The New Colossus." The collection concludes with "The Spagnoletto: A Play in Five Acts." Volume II, available separately, features verse with historic Jewish themes as well as translations of eleventh-century Hebrew poetry and works by Heinrich Heine, Petrarch, and Alfred de Musset.
The first important American Jewish poet, Emma Lazarus is remembered above all for her classic sonnet “The New Colossus,” whose phrases (“Give me your tired, your poor.”) have become part of the American language. In this new selection of Lazarus’s work, John Hollander demonstrates that in her relatively brief life she achieved real poetic mastery in a variety of modes.In early poems like “Phantasies” and “Symphonic Studies,” she explored fluently imagined inner landscapes suggested by the music of Schumann. Later, her deepening interest in Jewish history and culture was expressed in such powerful poems as “1492,” “The New Ezekiel,” and “The Guardian of the Red Disk.” Influenced both by American models, among them her poetic mentor Emerson, and by the poets whose work she translated, including Heinrich Heine and the medieval Hebrew poets Solomon Ibn Gabirol and Judah ha-Levi, she forged a poetic style of high technical accomplishment and moral passion.Long neglected, her work is revealed in this volume as an important contribution to American poetry.
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Emma Lazarus, a prominent poet and advocate for Jewish rights, was deeply influenced by her Sephardic heritage and the plight of Jewish immigrants. Her literary career flourished with notable works, including "The New Colossus," which is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus's experiences with anti-Semitic violence inspired her activism, leading her to support Jewish immigrants through education and vocational training. A forerunner of the Zionist movement, she called for a Jewish homeland before the term was coined. She passed away in 1887, leaving a lasting legacy.
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