Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. The Idea of a Literary Tradition 15
6. 2. Old Poems in a Modern Anthology 43
7. 3. Revolution, Prayers, and Sisterhood in Interwar Poland 103
8. 4. The Folk and the Book: Miriam Ulinover and Roza Yakubovitsh 169
9. 5. The Art of Sex: Celia Dropkin and Anna Margolin 243
10. 6. Prayer-Poems against History: Kadya Molodowsky and Malka Heifetz Tussman 323
11. Conclusion 395
12. Appendix: Letters from Women Poets to Ezra Korman, 1926–1927 401
13. Bibliographic Essays 409
14. Notes 427
15. Works Cited 471
16. Index 487