The Space of Words: Exile and Diaspora in the Works of Nelly Sachs

by Jennifer Hoyer

A new evaluation of one of the most significant Holocaust poets, Nelly Sachs (1891-1970), offering the first sustained critical analysis of Sachs's largely unanalyzed pre-war poetry and prose.

Nelly Sachs (1891-1970) has long been regarded as one of the most significant Holocaust poets. Her conception of language and words as a landscape has been understood by scholars and critics as an exilic ersatz Heimat for the lost German homeland...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571139850
• ISBN13: 9781571139856
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"