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A.M. Klein has remained an enduring but elusive presence in the Canadian literary consciousness since his death in 1972. Klein's legacy has been mixed, his literary achievement sometimes overshadowed by his reclusiveness and withdrawal from the literary world. Failure's Opposite presents a fresh perspective on Klein's reception and legacy, exploring why he has remained a compelling figure for critics and readers. His experimentalism drew upon strong traditions and fluency in several languages - English, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew - allowing him to develop a multilingual, modernist Jewish…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2011McGill-Queen's University Press · 267 pages · 9780773538320
- Other · English · 2011McGill-Queen's University Press · 312 pages · 9780773586642
Criticism and interpretationTranslationsInfluenceCanadian poetry, history and criticism