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While Lazarus clearly had a talent for poetry, I didn't relate with much that was here. A lot of it is translations into English of other poets' work, some of it is traditional myths in poem form, etc. Her original work was better. This volume also includes essays, and a play.
I was really turned off by Lazarus's racism and anti-Christian anger. She was Jewish and believed the Jewish people were inherently better than any other race. She blames every evil in the world on Christianity, grouping together all who call themselves "Christian," though she conveniently doesn't do the same for Jews. She writes off Jewish people who don't act in accordance to the religion as "not Jewish or Gentile." Since those are the only two categories that exist in Jewish thought, I'm really not sure how that works.
I was really turned off by Lazarus's racism and anti-Christian anger. She was Jewish and believed the Jewish people were inherently better than any other race. She blames every evil in the world on Christianity, grouping together all who call themselves "Christian," though she conveniently doesn't do the same for Jews. She writes off Jewish people who don't act in accordance to the religion as "not Jewish or Gentile." Since those are the only two categories that exist in Jewish thought, I'm really not sure how that works.
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