Emma Lazarus: Sephardic Woman of Letters

by Emma Lazarus and Orit Rabkin

As the first Jewish woman and Sephardic poet of importance in the United States, Emma Lazarus, struggled with recognition and acceptance among her peers during her lifetime, but more than a century later, her reputation overshadows them. In her lifetime her poem, "The New Colossus" had not yet become famous as it is today. Those words are now among the most widely quoted lines of poetry in America.
Her Sephardic, or Spanish-Jewish background,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935604325
• ISBN13: 9781935604327
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Gaon Web
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"