Emma Lazarus
Born July 22, 1849
New York, New York
Died November 19, 1887
New York, New York
Author of the famous poem that appears on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty, and Jewish rights advocate...
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Emma Lazarus (1849-1887), American poet, is best known as a spokesperson for the Jewish people. Her faith in America as a haven for all the downtrodden peoples of the world is expressed in her poem in...
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Emmanuel Levinas (1906-1995) was a major philosopher of the 20th century who attempted to proceed philosophically beyond phenomenology and ontology and to engage in a more immediate and irreducible co...
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Emmanuel Lévinas is perhaps best known for his claim that ethics (literally and more accurately, "the ethical"--l'éthique--the domain of human relation rather than that of moral precepts...
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In the following essay, Wagenknecht comments on Lazarus's life, poetic themes, literary influences, and religious attitudes.
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Emma Lazarus was a pioneer Zionist and one of the very first wr...
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In the following essay, Lichtenstein considers Lazarus's identities as a marginalized Jewish-American and female writer.
Unlike Virginia Woolf who proclaimed that as a woman she had no count...
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In the following essay, Friedman examines Lazarus as a proponent of human rights and a significant precursor of Zionism.
Born in New York City on July 22, 1849, Emma Lazarus merits a place of honor...
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In the following excerpt, Kessner focuses on the development of Lazarus's Jewish consciousness as reflected in her writing.
… Emma Lazarus's early years did not suggest that sh...
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In the following excerpt, Young offers a thematic survey of Lazarus's works, beginning with her interest in heroism and culminating in her treatment of Jewish subjects and polemic against anti-...
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In the following essay, Wolosky studies Lazarus's poetic references to Christ as they serve to link her Jewish and American identities.
Emma Lazarus was among the first poets specifically to...
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In the following essay, Young discusses Lazarus's literary response to anti-Semitism and her proposed solution to the problem of Diaspora Jews in An Epistle to the Hebrews.
“The truth...
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Who is the bottle blonde on the cover of the current issue of National Review? (N.B.: I am a senior editor at the magazine.) When did cross-dressing sink so low? During the Mayoralty of Rudy Giulia...
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Who is the bottle blonde on the cover of the current issue of National Review? (N.B.: I am a senior editor at the magazine.) When did cross-dressing sink so low? During the Mayoralty of Rudy Giulia...
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Lazarus, Emma
Emma Lazarus
Emmanuel Levinas
Critical Essay by Edward Wagenknecht
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