- Gebundene Ausgabe: 102 Seiten
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd (Juli 1986)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0525671803
- ISBN-13: 978-0525671800
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,4 x 14,6 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.522.603 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Grade 4-6 Emma Lazarus, born to a wealthy New York City family in 1849, led a sheltered life, growing up unaware of the "huddled messes yearning to breathe free" whom she was to immortalize in her sonnet "The New Colossus," an excerpt from which is engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty. Young Emma was encouraged in her writing by Ralph Waldo Emerson, whom her parents knew. When she started to work at helping newly arrived immigrants at New York's Ward Island and Castle Garden (before Ellis Island was used), her eyes were opened to the suffering and cruelty which drove people to leave Europe's oppression and anti-Semitism for a new land. Interspersed with Emma's story is the story of the building of the Statue of Liberty. The technique of paralleling Emma's life and the statue's history make this more than a biography and more than a story of the statue. Levinson's style is factual, and she packs a lot of information into the book, using original sources. Merriam's Voice of Liberty: the Story of Emma Lazarus (Farrar, 1959; o.p.) is more fictionalized. A good purchase for school and public libraries, especially in this centennial year of the Statue of Liberty. Ruth Shire, Mount Vernon Public Library, N.Y.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Fascinating read on a often forgotten personality
15. März 2009
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
"I Lift my Lamp" fascinatingly relates the story of the poet and her poem, "The New Colossus" that was ultimately placed upon the Statue of Liberty as well as the story of how the statue itself was built. The book is first the story of the rarefied world of aristocratic Emma. Yet it is revealed as an unsatisfying existence...until such point as Emma realizes her fate lies with the impoverished both of her own people and humanity at large. Interesting vignettes about her friendship with Ralph Waldo Emerson are also brought to life. In parallel, the story of the construction of the Statue of Liberty by Auguste Bartholdi unfolds. So you do learn quite a bit. One nitpick is that I thought the story dwelled a bit to much on the moods of the author, I would have preferred a little slimming down in that area in favor of moving along with the facts ...but this is truly a minor point. The climax of how the poem is saved from the dust bin is marvelous!
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