In the Night I Dreamed of You - Poems of Love, Dreams, & Death

Amy Levy

• Verlag: Ragged Hand
• Jahr: 2020
• ISBN:
  9781528791519
• Thema: Littérature
• Thema: Poésie européenne

"In the Night I Dreamed of You" is a collection of poetry by British poet Amy Levy connected through the common themes of love, dreams, and death. Levy suffered with major depression, growing worse as she got closer to her 30s and becoming aware of her growing deafness. Although showing such talents at a young age, Levy took her own life 2 months before her 28th birthday. This collection looks into the mind of this struggling poet and perhaps her final poetic thoughts and struggles with depression. Contents include: "New Love, New Life", "Impotens", "Youth and Love", "The Dream", "On the Threshold", "The Birch-Tree at Loschwitz", "In the Night", "Borderland", "At Dawn", "Last Words", "June", "Reminiscence", "The Sequel to 'A Reminiscence'", "In the Mile End Road", "Contradictions", "Twilight", and "In September". Amy Judith Levy (1861–1889) was a British poet, novelist, and essayist. She was notably the first Jewish woman to study at Cambridge university, and she became well-known for her feminist positions as well as her romantic relationships with both male and female political and literature figures. Other works by this author include: "Xantippe and Other Verse" (1881), "The Romance of a Shop" (1888), and "Miss Meredith" (1889). As part of our poetry imprint "Ragged Hand" Read & Co. is proudly publishing this brand new collection of classic poetry complete with an introductory biography of the author by Richard Garnett.

IN THE NIGHT
I DREAMED OF YOU

POEMS OF LOVE,
DREAMS, & DEATH

By

AMY LEVY

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Contents

AMY LEVY

By Richard Garnett

NEW LOVE, NEW LIFE

IMPOTENS

YOUTH AND LOVE

THE DREAM

ON THE THRESHOLD

THE BIRCH-TREE AT LOSCHWITZ

IN THE NIGHT

BORDERLAND

AT DAWN

LAST WORDS

JUNE

A REMINISCENCE

THE SEQUEL TO “A REMINISCENCE”

IN THE MILE END ROAD

CONTRADICTIONS

TWILIGHT

IN SEPTEMBER

AMY LEVY

By Richard Garnett

AMY LEVY (1861–1889), poetess and novelist, second daughter of Mr. Lewis Levy, by his wife Isabelle [Levin], was born at Clapham on 10 Nov. 1861. Her parents were of the Jewish faith.

She was educated at Brighton, and afterwards at Newnham College, Cambridge. She early showed decided talent, especially for poetry, pieces afterwards thought worthy of preservation having been written in her thirteenth year.

In 1881 a small pamphlet...