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The Ghetto and Other Poems (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Ridge, Lola

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Synopsis

This book is a remarkable collection of poems that encapsulates the complexities of life in a rapidly modernizing world. The themes that thread through this volume include social and economic injustice, the challenges of immigrant life, and the struggle for individual identity within the constraints of society. The author's acute observations and raw emotional power propel these poems to new heights, taking their place among the groundbreaking works of the early twentieth century. This book's frank and poignant language is a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit, providing a unique look into a tumultuous period of history and the questions it continues to provoke in the human condition.

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About the Author

Lola Ridge 1873–1941 Lola Ridge was a poet and champion of the working class. Politically active before socialism be came fashionable among New York intellectuals, Ridge participated in protests, marches, and pickets with ferocious spirit. Throughout her life she suffered illnesses, eventually dying of pulmonary tuberculosis in 1941, yet her writing is vigorous and electric. She was, as Peter Quartermain described her in the Dictionary of Literary Biography, "the nearest prototype in her time of the proletarian poet of class conflict, voicing social protest or revolutionary idealism."

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