{"product_id":"else-lasker-schuler-the-broken-world-paperback-9780521168366","title":"Else Lasker-Schüler; The Broken World (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521168366","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eElse Lasker-Schüler\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Broken World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1974 book was the first treatment in English of the poetry of Else Lasker-Schüler, a German-Jewish poet who died in exile in Jerusalem.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHans W. Cohn (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521168366, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1 cm, 0.23 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eElse Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945) was a German-Jewish poet who died in exile in Jerusalem. This 1974 book was the first full-length treatment of her poetry in English. The aim of the author, a practising psychologist at the time of this book's original publication, in this study of the poet's life, was to see poetry as an expression of the deeper urges of the psyche. The book takes as a point of departure Peter Hille's remark that Lasker-Schüler was a 'Sappho whose world had broken apart'. Her world of experience was a constant swing between extremes: an intense longing for communication which, thwarted, led back to isolation and despair. The wish for contact and withdrawal from reality often coexist in irreconcilable conflict, only resolved by the poet's own acceptance of things as they are. She came closest to such acceptance in her search for God, which led to her religious poetry.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePrefatory note\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part II. A Biographical Outline: 1. Myth and reality\u003cbr\u003e 2. Childhood\u003cbr\u003e 3. Marriage\u003cbr\u003e 4. Friends\u003cbr\u003e 5. Paul\u003cbr\u003e 6. Emigration\u003cbr\u003e 7. Jerusalem\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Swing of the Pendulum: 1. The backward movement: withdrawal: i. Disappointment and resentment\u003cbr\u003e ii. Despair and isolation\u003cbr\u003e iii. Escape into fantasy\u003cbr\u003e iv. Preoccupation with death\u003cbr\u003e 2. The forward movement: outgoing: i. Longing for contact\u003cbr\u003e ii. The erotic encounter\u003cbr\u003e iii. The search for God\u003cbr\u003e Biographical data\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Diagram: the swing of the pendulum.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005767078168,"sku":"9780521168366","price":32.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521168366i_2c71fc0c-f8d4-4896-b1a1-ac09c120dcef.jpg?v=1691372864","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/else-lasker-schuler-the-broken-world-paperback-9780521168366","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}