Emma Lazarus
Emma Lazarus was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish and Georgist causes. She is remembered for writing the sonnet "The New Colossus", which was inspired by the Statue of Liberty, in 1883. Its lines appear inscribed on a bronze plaque, installed in 1903, on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty. Lazarus was involved in aiding refugees to New York who had fled antisemitic pogroms in eastern Europe, and she saw a way to express her empathy for these refugees in terms of the statue. The last lines of the sonnet were set to music by Irving Berlin as the song "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor" for the 1949 musical Miss Liberty, which was based on the sculpting of the Statue of Liberty. The latter part of the sonnet was also set by Lee Hoiby in his song "The Lady of the Harbor" written in 1985 as part of his song cycle "Three Women".
Alide: an episode of Goethe's life.
"Alide: An Episode of Goethe's Life" by Emma Lazarus is a novel written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around the young poet Johann Wolf...
By Emma Lazarus
The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations
"The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2" by Emma Lazarus is a collection of poetry that was likely written during the late 19th century. This volume part...
By Emma Lazarus
The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1
"The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 1" by Emma Lazarus is a collection of narrative, lyric, and dramatic poetry written during the late 19th century. T...
By Emma Lazarus