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A 5 page research paper that examines the career of Emma Lazarus (1849-1887). who endeavored through her poetry and other literary work to express the experience of being Jewish in America for the benefit of the massive waves of immigrants who were in the process in integrating themselves into US culture during the nineteenth century (Omer-Sherman 170). She was, by far, the most influential Jewish American writer of the nineteenth century, but, until recently, has been largely overlooked by contemporary scholarship. Examination of Lazarus's career demonstrates the diversity of Lazarus' literary accomplishments and also the fact that controversy continues to characterize her legacy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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who were in the process in integrating themselves into US culture during the nineteenth century (Omer-Sherman 170). Lazarus is increasingly acknowledged by contemporary scholarly opinion to be the first Jewish
American poet to "produce poems of significant imagination and lyrical force" (Omer-Sherman 170). She was, by far, the most influential Jewish American writer of the nineteenth century, but, until recently,
has been largely overlooked by contemporary scholarship. Feminist critics, such as Wendy Zierler and Carole S. Kessner, have argued that Lazarus should be regarded as a "founding Mother of Jewish
American literature" and also that she has been unfairly overlooked in regards to the American literary canon because of both her gender and religion (Omer-Sherman 170). Examination of Lazaruss career
demonstrates the diversity of Lazarus literary accomplishments and also the fact that controversy continues to characterize critical response to her work. In 1866, after publishing her first book of
poetry, Lazarus became a protege of Ralph Waldo Emerson, who lavishly praised her work. Likewise, her second poetry collection, published in 1871, was also greeted with enthusiastic critical praise (Eiselein
33). Yet, despite her warm relationship with Emerson, he did not include any of Lazaruss poetry in an anthology of American writers compiled by the famous man of letters. This
rejection highly influenced Lazaruss "Spagnoletto," which provided Lazarus with the "literary props" to effectively represent the traumatic effects of this rejection and also to illuminate the role of daughter and
how it affected the lives of young, ambitious women during this period (Giffen 89). By the 1880s and the publication of her most famous poem, "The New Colossus" (her
famous Statue of Liberty sonnet), Lazarus began to assume an enduring place in American culture, despite her pro-immigration position, which directly opposed the anti-immigration sentiment of the time (Eiselein 33).
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