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'The heart above the ruins': Miriam Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish Canadian Literature
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'The heart above the ruins': Miriam Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish Canadian Literature
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The author points out that Miriam Waddington (1917-2004), a poet, social worker and part of Montreal's modernist literary scene from the 1940s to 1960, returned repeatedly to the subject of the Spanish Civil War, searching for hope amid the ruins of Spanish democracy. The conflict, a prelude to World War II, inspired an outpouring of literature and volunteerism. The author argues for Waddington’s unique poetic perspective, in which she represents the Holocaust as the Spanish Civil War’s outgrowth while highlighting the deeply personal repercussions of the war – consequences for women, for the earth, and for community. The author notes that Waddington’s poetry connects women’s rights to human rights, Canadian peace to European war, and Jewish persecution to Spanish carnage.
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Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes
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Vol. 28
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56-74
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2018
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en
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Robins Sharpe, Emily. “‘The Heart above the Ruins’: Miriam Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish Canadian Literature.” Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes Vol. 28 (2018): 56–74. https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/issue/view/2290.
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