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- Title
TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT CHARLES BERNSTEIN.
- Authors
Kaufmann, David
- Abstract
Through a reading of Charles Bernstein's poetry and a closer analysis of his libretto, Shadowtime, this essay argues that Bernstein fully inhabits two possibilities for contemporary American Jewish poetry--one that eschews mourning and one that embraces it; one that rejects a romantic tradition of interiority and one that has made its peace with it. It shows that he also posits a third possibility, which is perhaps an extension of the first, a poetry that goes beyond melancholy, to what Gillian Rose called an inaugurated mourning for the European Jewish past.
- Subjects
BERNSTEIN, Charles, 1950-; JEWISH poets; JEWISH poetry; SHADOWTIME (Poem); MEMORY in literature; BEREAVEMENT in literature; MELANCHOLY in literature
- Publication
Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies, 2014, Vol 32, Issue 2, p73
- ISSN
0882-8539
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1353/sho.2014.0009