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The porcelain apes of Moses Mendelssohn / Jean Nordhaus.
Van Pelt Library PS3564.O558 P67 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nordhaus, Jean, 1939-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786--Poetry.
- Mendelssohn, Moses.
- Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786.
- Jewish philosophers--Poetry.
- Jewish philosophers.
- Jews--Germany--Poetry.
- Jews.
- Jewish authors--Poetry.
- Jewish authors.
- Philosophers--Poetry.
- Philosophers.
- Authors--Poetry.
- Authors.
- Germany.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 66 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Milkweed Editions, 2002.
- Summary:
- These poems take the reader on an imaginary journey through the great Jewish thinkers life, revealing a man who embraced the secular world while retaining his identity as a Jew. The title refers to the 25 life-size apes Mendelssohn was forced to buy as a married Jew under Frederick the Great. A brilliant cycle of poems.... A shining poetic monument to a unique individual. Moshe Dor, poet and journalist
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1571314148
- OCLC:
- 47667233
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