Notebooks: Selections from the A.M. Klein Papers (Collected Works of A.M. Klein)University of Toronto Press, 15 դեկ, 1995 թ. - 290 էջ Much of A.M. Klein's finest prose is to be found in the mass of uncompleted work that he abandoned at the time of his breakdown, and that became accessible only when his papers were deposited in the National Archives. Notebooks offers a generous selection of this work, revealing previously unsuspected facets of Klein's character and artistry. The fiction, criticism, and memoirs collected here focus on Klein's exploration of the role of the artist. The works illuminate crucial periods of his career, especially the early 1940s, when he was transforming himself into a modernist, and the early 1950s, when he was struggling to overcome the misgivings about his art that were to lead to his final breakdown. The semi-autobiographical text which Klein referred to as 'Raw Material' and the unfinished novel of prison life entitled 'Stranger and Afraid' cast a new light on Klein's often frustrating relationship with the Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic form and technique and makes observations on the nature of poetry, thereby providing insights into his own concerns as a writer. In 'The Golem,' a profoundly ambiguous treatment of the act of creation, a self-portrait emerges of a storyteller who has lost faith in the power and value of his story. The volume includes a critical introduction, that places the material in the context of Klein's other works, as well as textual and explanatory notes. |
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... Montreal Jewish community. In 'Marginalia' he discusses poetic form and technique and makes observations on the nature of poetry, thereby providing insights into his own concerns as a writer. In The Golem,' a profoundly ambiguous ...
... a speech-writer and lecturer. Klein's anger at his community for failing to appreciate the true value of his work is expressed in a number of sardonic portraits of his family, his associates, and the Montreal Jewish community as a.
... Montreal Jewish community as a whole, revealing a side of him which one would hardly suspect from his published writings. But as important as 'Raw Material' is for the insights it offers into Klein's troubled relationship with his ...
... Montreal from his prison cell, which constitute the most elaborate description of the city in Klein's work, have their counterpart in the Montreal poems of The Rocking Chair. DIARIES Like 'Raw Material,' 'Stranger and Afraid' was never ...
... Montreal. Klein had told Bronfman, as recorded in the 1944 diary, that he 'would prefer [a] professorship at McGill to [a] House of Commons seat,' and, perhaps as a way of ensuring that Klein would remain in Montreal, Bronfman arranged ...
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Diary 1944 | |
Diary 1945 | |
The Contemporary Poet | |
The Art of | |
Untitled Novel | |
The Golem | |
Selected Notes and Fragments | |
ABBREVIATIONS | |
EXPLANATORY NOTES | |
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Notebooks: Selections from the A. M. Klein Papers A. M. Klein,Usher Caplan,Zailig Pollock Դիտել հնարավոր չէ - 2015 |