Description
Although Amy Levy grew up in a world where many of her values and even her very identity as a Jewish woman have set her at a disadvantage, she managed to refine her literary skills and become one of the most accomplished Jewish authors and poets of her time.Levy was the first Jewish woman to attend Cambridge University, and her feminine views, her romantic relationship with Vernon Lee and her relationship with both women and men operating within political activist groups during the 1880s were enough to earn her views of admiration from some and dismissal from others.A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse is one of Amy Levy’s most distinguished works, as well as her last. Her final notes and corrections were made just one week before she committed suicide.Her adventure-filled life, her remarkable talent – discovered and nurtured at an early age – and her identity as an empowered woman in a society that would not normally condone her thoughts and actions, were all key ingredients to inspire Levy in refining her skills as a poet. Her life and diverse experiences have helped her write many short but incredibly insightful poems such as A London Plane-Tree, The Village Garden and The Dream – all included, among many other unique and exemplary works of poetry, in this delectable collection.Painted in the gray but warmly familiar tones of city life, filled with symbols and ideals that reflect Levy’s understanding of romance, life, death and human emotion, and laced with the deep pain and sorrow that the author felt, the poems will touch any reader’s heart through their timeless beauty.Commended and praised by many critics throughout the years that followed, the poems included in A London Plane-Tree, and Other Verse are considered by many to be one of the strongest cries for affection and humanity from the depths of the cold world of Victorian England, so unforgiving toward women and rigid in its values.
Product ID: 9781776665136
Sku: OJ-Y7XH-VE9G
