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Biblical/modern intergenerational conflict: four modern German poets on 'Abishag the Shunammite'.

In this article, I would like to focus on four poems written with almost the same background: the German world at the beginning of the twentieth century. An additional factor connecting the four poems is their biblical theme: Abisag of Sunem. The poems are 'Abisag von Sunem' (by Agnes Miegel); 'Davi...

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Published in:Neohelicon Vol. 42; no. 2; pp. 585 - 603
Main Author: Koplowitz-Breier, Anat
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Dec2015
Subjects:
German poetry
Biblical antiquities
German poets
Generation gap
German literature
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