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Lazarus, Emma - 1849–87, American poet and essayist, b. New York City. Her early verse includes Admetus and Other Poems (1871) and The Spagnoletto (1876), a poetic drama. Enraged by the Russian pogroms of the 1880s, she became an impassioned spokeswoman for Judaism, writing many essays and the book of poems, Songs of a Semite (1882), which contains her best work. Her sonnet about the

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Emma Lazarus, Jewish American Poetics, and the Challenge of Modernity, in Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers » Read Now
by Ranen Omer-Sherman. 22 pgs.

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...Emma Lazarus, Jewish American poetics, and the challenge...by Ranen Omer-Sherman Emma Lazarus (1849-1887) was a poet who struggled...a dynamic period when it seemed that...
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The Hanukkah Anthology (Includes "The Banner of the Jew" and "The Feast of Lights" by Emma Lazarus) » Read Now
by Philip Goodman. 466 pgs.

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Hanukkah, the eight day festival of lights, is one of the more joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar and has become among the more widely celebrated. It is particular favourite of children. Marking the first triumphant struggle ever waged for freedom of religion, Hanukkah has been a constant beacon...
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Hanukkah, the eight day festival of lights, is one of the more joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar and has become among the more widely celebrated. It is particular favourite of children. Marking the first triumphant struggle ever waged for freedom of religion, Hanukkah has been a constant beacon of hope during the years fo travail in the Diaspora.
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Savage Daughters: Emma Lazarus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the Spagnoletto, in ATQ (The American Transcendental Quarterly) » Read Now
by Allison Giffen. 20 pgs.

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...Savage Daughters: Emma Lazarus, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and The Spagnoletto...Maria Sedgwick, Louisa May Alcott, and Emma Lazarus, to name just a few--looked to their...either...
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The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass Immigration (Discussion of Emma Lazarus begins on p. 279) » Read Now
by Louis Harap. 592 pgs.

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...Jew 239 PART III:THE JEWISH SELF-IMAGE 11Jewish Writers to 1880s 259 12Emma Lazarus 284 PART IV:FROM RECONSTRUCTION TO 1900 13The Popular Novel, 1870s to 1900 303...
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Nineteenth-Century American Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Emma Lazarus" begins on p. 301) » Read Now
by Denise D. Knight, Emmanuel S. Nelson. 540 pgs.

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As the American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, the influence of women writers of the nineteenth century has been reevaluated. The first book of its kind, this reference provides alphabetically arranged entries for more than 70 nineteenth-century American women...
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As the American literary canon has undergone revision and expansion in recent years, the influence of women writers of the nineteenth century has been reevaluated. The first book of its kind, this reference provides alphabetically arranged entries for more than 70 nineteenth-century American women writers, such as Louisa May Alcott, Margaret Fuller, Emma Lazarus, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of the author's major works and themes, an overview of the critical studies examining the writer's works, and a bibliography of works for further consultation.
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Who is the "Mother of Exilles"?, in Prooftexts » Read Now
by Daniel Marom. 31 pgs.

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...Exilles"? Jewish Aspects of Emma Lazaruss "The New Colossus" DANIEL MAROM...last four and a half lines of Emma Lazarus The New Colossus . However one...remains, however, as...
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Unwelcome Remainders, Welcome Reminders, in MELUS » Read Now
by Wilson Neate. 18 pgs.

Collections: Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...my lamp beside the golden door Emma Lazarus, "The New Colossus" Give me your...left-over is immediately apparent. Emma Lazaruss poem of invitation inscribed on...refuse" in...
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The (Other) American Traditions: Nineteenth-Century Women Writers ("The Tradition of American Jewish Women Writers" begins on p. 244) » Read Now
by Joyce W. Warren. 314 pgs.

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...The Other American Traditions The Other American Traditions Nineteenth-Century Women Writers EDITED BY JOYCE W. WARREN RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS New...
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U.S. History as Women's History: New Feminist Essays (Chap. 12 "Between Cultures and Politics: The Emma Lazarus Federation of Jewish Women's Clubs and the Promulgation of Women's History, 1944-1989") » Read Now
by Linda K. Kerber, Alice Kessler-Harris, Kathryn Kish Sklar. 477 pgs.

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The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature (Discussion of Emma Lazarus begins on p. 25) » Read Now
by Michael P. Kramer, Hana Wirth-Nesher. 299 pgs.

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Jewish Americans produced some of the most important writing in the U.S. in the twentieth century. This Companion addresses the distinctive Jewish American contribution to American literary criticism, poetry and popular culture. It establishes the broadest possible context for the discussion of...
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Jewish Americans produced some of the most important writing in the U.S. in the twentieth century. This Companion addresses the distinctive Jewish American contribution to American literary criticism, poetry and popular culture. It establishes the broadest possible context for the discussion of Jewish American identity as it intersects with the corpus of American literature. Featuring a chronology and guide to further reading, the volume is valuable to scholars and students alike.
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Sephardim in the Americas: Studies in Culture and History (Discussion of Emma Lazarus begins on p. 387) » Read Now
by Martin A. Cohen, Abraham J. Peck. 504 pgs.

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Whitman's & Dickinson's Contemporaries: An Anthology of Their Verse ("Emma Lazarus 1849-1887" begins on p. 401) » Read Now
by Robert Bain. 555 pgs.

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