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Nameless country : selected poems of A.C. Jacobs / edited by Merle L. Bachman and Anthony Rudolf.
Van Pelt Library PR6060.A2835 A6 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, A. C., 1937-1994, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Poems. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bachman, Merle editor.
- Bachman, Merle.
- English poetry--20th century.
- English poetry.
- English poetry--21st century.
- English poetry--Jewish authors--20th century.
- English poetry--Jewish authors--21st century.
- Israeli poetry (English).
- Jewish poetry--England.
- Jewish poetry.
- Jewish poetry--Scotland.
- English poetry--Jewish authors.
- England.
- Scotland.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 109 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Northern House in association Carcanet Press Ltd, 2018.
- Contents:
- 1 Early Poems
- Alien Poem p. 3
- Langside p. 4
- Poem for Innocent Victims of War p. 5
- Poem to a Sick Woman p. 6
- Poem for John Knox p. 7
- Towards a Grief p. 8
- For Certain Immigrants p. 9
- Oy p. 10
- Sovereign Penny p. 11
- The Infinite Scale p. 12
- You p. 13
- On a Trip to York p. 14
- 2 From The Proper Blessing
- Poem for My Grandfather p. 17
- Yiddish Poet p. 18
- Isaac p. 19
- 'Before There Was...' p. 20
- Before the Trial of Eichmann p. 21
- Taste p. 22
- Jerusalem p. 23
- Tel Aviv 3.30 AM p. 24
- Golders Green Address p. 25
- Mr Markson p. 26
- Grandmother p. 27
- Festa p. 28
- Remote Island p. 29
- Travelling Abroad p. 31
- Visiting p. 32
- Where p. 33
- Booksellers p. 35
- Sound p. 36
- Three Poems about Death p. 37
- Antiquity p. 38
- Immigration p. 39
- The Hundred Pipers p. 40
- Return p. 41
- Sol p. 42
- 3 From A Bit of Dialect
- Speech p. 45
- Place p. 45
- Learning p. 46
- Breaking p. 46
- Out p. 47
- Region p. 48
- 4 '... cold diasporas...'
- I Choose Neither ... p. 51
- In Early Spring p. 52
- Old Theme p. 54
- Supplication p. 54
- Record of a Walk Home p. 55
- 'Out Among...' p. 56
- N.W.2: Spring p. 57
- 'Introduction to A Scottish Sequence' p. 58
- Poem p. 59
- A Joke Across the North Sea p. 60
- 'My Fathers Planned Me...' p. 61
- January Poem p. 62
- Mosaic p. 63
- 'In an East Coast Fishing Village' p. 64
- 'Lately...' p. 65
- So Always p. 66
- 5 '... to my Promised Land'
- Notes for Uriel Da Costa p. 69
- Dr Zamenhof p. 70
- Patterns of Culture p. 71
- On a Balkan Visa p. 72
- 'Behind the Synagogue...' p. 73
- Woman Figure, South Turkey p. 74
- Menorah p. 76
- Bab El Wad p. 77
- Lesson of History p. 78
- Israeli Arab p. 79
- Painter p. 80
- Sabbath Morning: Mea Shearim p. 81
- Religious Quarter p. 82
- Hills p. 83
- Lesson Number 24 p. 84
- The Departure p. 85
- Over There, Just Here p. 87
- By Kiryat Sheraona p. 88
- To a Teacher of Hebrew Literature p. 90
- Report p. 91
- 6 'Place'
- About Making p. 95
- 'All Poets...' p. 96
- Leeds Pub p. 97
- Tongue p. 98
- Dear Mr Leonard p. 98
- 'It's as Though Someone Took an Axe' p. 99
- 'Despite the Real Spite' p. 100
- The Skuas p. 101
- 'From Oban...' p. 102
- 'Back in Manchester...' p. 103
- 'Among These Green Hills' p. 104
- What Are You Talking About? p. 105
- Hitching p. 106
- Edinburgh New Town p. 107
- State p. 108
- Place p. 109.
- ISBN:
- 1784106755
- 9781784106751
- OCLC:
- 1055325727
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