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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... never submitted to a typist and which he perhaps was saving, in the way a painter hangs on to his old sketchbooks, for later use. The present volume offers a generous selection of these uncompleted and somewhat private writings. In ...
... never completed. Klein clearly saw no way out of the frustrations which these texts so vividly express, and was unable to conceive of an artistically satisfactory resolution of the tensions which they so powerfully dramatize. In two ...
... never have thought to fling myself into a type of battle which is repugnant to me. Even now I would much rather hold a minor lectureship in a university which would provide me with a minimum of congenial work and a maximum of leisure to ...
... never completed the novel, he was soon to return to its theme of a pilgrimage to the new Jewish State, in The Second Scroll; and the narrator of The Second Scroll, in his double search for his missing uncle and for the meaning of the ...
... Never be afraid. You know that we would never let you stay there. Mummy would call for you, anyway, like she does everyday. Son: I know, but I was afraid I would have to sleep there. Efface, O Lord, the memory of that hour! Let be as if ...
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Diary 1944 | |
Diary 1945 | |
The Contemporary Poet | |
The Art of | |
Untitled Novel | |
The Golem | |
Selected Notes and Fragments | |
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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 |