Poem

Manhattan

Title	Manhattan
Author	Lola Ridge

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Ghetto and Other Poems	1918	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3190

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Ghetto and Other Poems
Date of Publication	1918
Publisher	B. W. Huebsch (USA)
Page Number(s)	31-32

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	Displacement/Forced Migration Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Poverty/Deprivation/Lack of Sustenance Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism Forced Labour (incl. slavery & child labour)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The short poem is included in the sequence of poems titled 'Manhattan Lights' in Ridge's first poetry collection The Ghetto and Other Poems (1918) published during the end of WWI. It is set in the New York neighborhood of Hester Street, an area associated with the working class and Jewish immigrants. The poem is the first in a section titled 'Manhattan Lights' and pays homage to Manhattan's modern urban landscape. The repetition of the word 'gold' to describe it comes in stark contrast to the vender's cry and life's vanishing points. Manhattan's 'ephemeral' architectural 'glory' offers a fragmented snapshot of the modern metropolis as a result of capitalism that creates greater class inequalities.

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