The image of Poland in the poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg and Avot Yeshurun Cover Image

Polska w poezji Uriego Cwi Grinberga i Awota Jeszuruna
The image of Poland in the poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg and Avot Yeshurun

Author(s): Anna Piątek
Subject(s): Jewish studies, Jewish Thought and Philosophy, History of Judaism
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Uri Zwi Greenberg; Avot Yeshurun; Poland; Hebrew poetry; the Holocaust; post-Holocaust memory

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the image of Poland in the works of two Hebrew poets, Uri Zvi Greenberg and Avot Yeshurun, whose biographies are closely connected with Poland. Both of them expressed their complex and often contradictory feelings towards their European past but each of them did it in his own way. Greenberg in his main works created a national and political narrative. Even when he referred to personal memories, they were usually combined with a social diagnosis. In contrast, Yeshurun in his poetry expressed, above all, personal feelings of devotion to the abandoned town and family as well as longing and sense of guilt.

  • Issue Year: 18/2015
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 171-195
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Polish