Poetry of Jewish world culture -- Poetry of Jewish American culture -- Marvin Bell -- Paul Celan -- Allen Ginsberg -- Anthony Hecht -- Heinrich Heine -- David Ignatow -- Stanley Kunitz -- Denise Levertov -- Philip Levine -- Osip Mandelstam -- Howard Nemerov -- George Oppen -- Joel Oppenheimer -- Dan Pagis -- Charles Reznikoff -- Adrienne Rich -- Isaac Rosenberg -- Muriel Rukeyser -- Nelly Sachs -- Siegfried Sassoon -- Jon Silkin -- Louis Untermeyer -- Louis Zukofsky.
Summary
Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential Jewish culture poets such as Allen Ginsberg, Philip Levine, Gertrude Stein, and Adrienne Rich.