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lamentations
The Poetry of Lamentations
Dennis Gura
July 26, 2001
\”The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation\” by David R. Slavitt (Johns Hopkins University Press. $15.95).
David R. Slavitt\’s new translation of Eicha (Lamentations) demonstrates his masterful sensibilities and poetic fortitude. Avoiding the abstract and distant language typical of academic poetry, Slavitt\’s poetry and translations are accessible to the common reader, but written without compromise.
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