Esther Schor
Author of Emma Lazarus
About the Author
Esther Schor, a poet and professor of English at Princeton University, is the author of Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language, Strange Nursery: New and Selected Poems, My Last JDate, and Bearing the Dead: The British Culture of Mourning from the Enlightenment to Victoria. show more Her essays and reviews have appeared in The Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, and The Forward. show less
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Pakn Treger (065) — Contributor, some editions — 11 copies
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- Schor, Esther H.
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SCHOR, Esther - Birthdate
- 1957
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Yale University
- Occupations
- professor
- Relationships
- Schor, Sandra (mother)
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- Princeton University
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Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a… by Esther Schor
In Bridge of Words the author Esther Schor wrote a biography of Ludovik Lazarus Zamenhof, the inventor of Esperanto. Zamenhof was a Jewish eye doctor in what was still the Russian Empire in the 19th Century. It is Poland today. Zamenhof saw that in his city people were divided by religion and culture but also by language. He believed that a universal language could forge a bridge between peoples and bring peace. He devoted his life to this effort and the result was the language of Esperanto. Esther Schor's book is not just a biography of Zemenhof, that is only about half of the 324 pages. The rest is a chronicle of her own travels through the contemporary world of Esperanto. She attended Esperanto conferences and seminars all over the world and visited with Esperantists to see what the language is doing now. There are still several Esperanto speakers throughout the world. Some are dedicated to the ideals of peace and universality and others just like the idea of an easy to learn common language. Today with web learning there are over one million people enrolled in the Esperanto lessons offered by Duolingo. Bonan Tagon, Esperanto for Good Day.… (more)
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.My review for this Early Reviewers June 2016 book was originally posted on or about 8/13/2017 and went missing sometime between 4/1/2018 & 4/16/2018 when the book suddenly reappeared in my "Currently Reading" list. This is a link to my blog where I posted the review after I entered it here.
https://kschabooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/bridge-of-words-esperanto-and-the-dr...… (more)
https://kschabooks.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/bridge-of-words-esperanto-and-the-dr...… (more)
Schor argues persuasively for Lazarus’s place in history as an activist and a prophet of the world we all inhabit today. As a stunning rebuke to fear, xenophobia, and isolationism, Lazarus's life and work are more relevant now than ever before.
This book is the story of Esperanto, past, and present, as a language, as a community, and as a tool for learning and discovery across borders.
"… Esperanto bridges the dichotomy between what is “radically given” and what is “freely chosen.” Esperanto is not “radically given” to anyone, …. No, Esperanto is radically chosen. And to choose a language is to see the world a certain way …. Esperantists choose the givenness that language gives the world." (322)
"… Esperanto bridges the dichotomy between what is “radically given” and what is “freely chosen.” Esperanto is not “radically given” to anyone, …. No, Esperanto is radically chosen. And to choose a language is to see the world a certain way …. Esperantists choose the givenness that language gives the world." (322)
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