Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu by Pierre Anctil Sale Books Self-hatred

Self-hatred

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For the first time

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and satirical writings offer glimpses into how the practice of religion and growing secularization was changing immigrants' daily lives in the encounter with modernity

Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu by Pierre Anctil Sale Books Self-hatredBorn in the Ukraine in 1896, and settling in Montreal in 1910, Segal became one of the first Yiddish writers in Canada. His poetry, infused with lyricism and mysticism, along with the numerous essays and articles he penned, embodied both a rich literary tradition and the modernism of his day. Pierre Anctil has written so much more than a biography. For the first time, Segals poetic production is referenced, translated and rigorously analyzed, and