Mourning, Memorial, and the Yizkor Books in Eli Mandel's "Out of Place"

This essay examines Eli Mandel's long poem Out of Place as a work of mourning and memorial that challenges the efficacy of signification. The poem employs generic attributes of the Yizkor (memorial) books and is a personal and communal monument to the loss of family and community in southern Sa...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Mosaic (Winnipeg) 2017-06, Vol.50 (2), p.187-204
1. Verfasser:	RIEGEL, CHRISTIAN
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aesthetics Authorship Canadian literature Criticism and interpretation Epic literature Essays Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) Grief Jewish literature Laurence, Margaret Mandel, Eli Memorials Modernism Mourning customs Poetry Poets Portrayals Readers Works Zionism
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Zusammenfassung:	This essay examines Eli Mandel's long poem Out of Place as a work of mourning and memorial that challenges the efficacy of signification. The poem employs generic attributes of the Yizkor (memorial) books and is a personal and communal monument to the loss of family and community in southern Saskatchewan.
ISSN:	0027-1276 1925-5683 1925-5683
DOI:	10.1353/mos.2017.a663697