Tapestry for Designs : Judaic Allusions in the Second Scroll and the Collected Poems of A. M. Klein / Annotations and Commentary by Solomon J. Spiro

Spiro, Solomon J. (1928-)

ISBN 10: 0774801727 / ISBN 13: 9780774801720

Published by Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1984

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Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 236 pages; Description: ix, 236 p. , 1 leaf of plates ; 24 cm. Subjects: Klein, Abraham Moses (1909-1972) --Religion --Klein, Abraham Moses (1909-1972) --Second scroll --Indexes --Klein, Abraham Moses (1909-1972) --Collected poems of A. M. Klein --Indexes --Judaism in literature 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tapestry for Designs : Judaic Allusions in the Second Scroll and the Collected Poems of A. M. Klein / Annotations and Commentary by Solomon J. Spiro
• Publisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press
• Publication Date: 1984
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774801727
• ISBN 13: 9780774801720
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Weight: 1 kilogram

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Synopsis

A.M. Klein has been called the first contributor of authentic Jewish poetry to the English language. He brought to his writing an impressive body of religious, philosophical, cultural, and folk material which has not, hitherto, been readily accessible to non-Iewish readers. In this study Spiro supplies a context of Judaic reference for Klein's Collected Poems and his novel, The Second Scroll. ...