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The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation David R. Slavitt
The Book of Lamentations: A Meditation and Translation
David R. Slavitt
More than a structural or mnemonic device, Slavitt argues, the acrostics are "a serious assertion that the language itself is speaking, that the speech is inspired, and that there is, beyond all the disaster and pain the book recounts, an intricacy and an orderly coherence."
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 13, 2001 |
| ISBN13 | 9780801866173 |
| Publishers | Johns Hopkins University Press |
| Pages | 104 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 8 mm · 170 g |
| Language | English |
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