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    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"
    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"
    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"
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    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"

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    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535838634
    A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"

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      A Study Guide for Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus" - Gale

      11

      The New Colossus

      Emma Lazarus

      1883

      Introduction

      To commemorate the centennial of the Declaration of Independence, the people of France raised money to build the Statue of Liberty. The statue was to be a sign of friendship between France and the United States and a symbol of freedom and democracy. On this side of the Atlantic Ocean, the people of the United States raised money to build the pedestal upon which the huge statue would sit in the harbor of New York City. To help encourage people to donate to the cause, an auction was held. One of the items in that auction was Emma Lazarus's poem The New Colossus.

      The construction, shipment, and erection of the statue took longer than expected, so the centennial of the Declaration of Independence came and went before the statue was completely installed in 1886. And though Lazarus's poem was officially published at the auction in 1883, it did not become a part of the statue until 1903, after the poet's death. Without ceremony, a bronze tablet on which The New Colossus was engraved was finally attached to the interior wall of the pedestal.

      Though the poem received little initial attention, today the words of Lazarus's poem (especially the last five lines) have become synonymous with the Statue of Liberty. It is through the power of Lazarus's The New Colossus that the statue stands not only for freedom and democracy but also as a welcoming beacon to immigrants who come to this country.

      Author Biography

      Lazarus is considered one of the first successful female Jewish poets in the United States. As David Lehman wrote in Smithsonian magazine, Lazarus was a fascinating figure and a much more substantial poet than she has been given credit for. Though today she is primarily remembered for The New Colossus, in the late nineteenth century she was considered an important American poet.

      Lazarus was born in New York City on July 22, 1849, the fourth of seven children of Moshe and Esther Lazarus. Her parents were Sephardic Jews whose ancestors were exiled from Portugal and emigrated to New York during America's colonial period. As a child, she lived both in New

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