Like Bread on the Seder Plate

Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition

Author: Rebecca T. Alpert
ISBN: 9780231096614

In 1846 a small book entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bellappeared on the British Literary scene. The three psuedonymous poets, the Brontë sisters went on to unprecedented success with such novels as Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey, and Jane Eyre, all published in the following year. As children, these English sisters had begun writing poems and stories abotu an imaginary country named Gondal, yet they never sought to publish any of their work until Charlotte's discovery of Emily's more mature poems in the autumn of 1845. Charlotte later recalled: "I accidentally lighted on a MS. volume of verse in my sister Emily's handwriting....I looked it over, amd something more than surprise seized me -- a deep conviction that these were not common effusions, nor at all like the poetry women generally write. I thought them condensed and terse, vigorous and genuine. To my ear they had also a peculiar music -- wild, melancholy, and elevating."The renowned Hatfield edition of The Complete Po

Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publish Date: 1998-04-01

Subjects: Religion / Judaism / General, Social Science / Lesbian Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Jewish )