@article{Sharpe_2018, title={“The heart above the ruins”: Miriam Waddington’s Poetry, the Spanish Civil War, and Jewish Canadian Literature}, volume={26}, url={https://cjs.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/cjs/article/view/40065}, DOI={10.25071/1916-0925.40065}, abstractNote={<div>The Jewish Canadian writer Miriam Waddington returned repeatedly to the subject of the Spanish Civil War, searching for hope amid the ruins of Spanish democracy. The conflict, a prelude to World War II, inspired an outpouring of literature and volunteerism. My paper argues for Waddington’s unique poetic perspective, in</div> <div>which she represents the Holocaust as the Spanish Civil War’s outgrowth while highlighting the deeply personal repercussions of the war – consequences for women, for the earth, and for community. Waddington’s poetry connects women’s rights to human rights, Canadian peace to European war, and Jewish persecution to Spanish carnage.</div>}, number={1}, journal={Canadian Jewish Studies / Études juives canadiennes}, author={Sharpe, Emily Robins}, year={2018}, month={Sep.} }