Cultural historian Sivan (Israel branch, Jewish Historical Society of England) introduces the background, career, and republished writings of Goller (1891-1939), a UK Jewish novelist,
playwright, rabbi, and Zionist leader. The English Romantic poets are cited as an influence on his poetry, e.g., The Passionate Jew (1923), presented interspersed with his trademark "cartoons."
He treats the themes and critical reception of Goller's The Five Books of Moses (1929), and his biblical' and other plays. The book also includes The First Chapter: A Summary of the History of
My People from Abraham of Ur to Herzl of Budapest (1936, Ghetto Press, Liverpool); translation of Yiddish terms; photographs; and facsimiles of Goller's cartoons. Distributed in the US by ISBS.
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