Journey to the Trenches; The Life of Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918
New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1976. Second Printing. Hardcover. cvi, 224 pages. Illustrations. References. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Front DJ flap price clipped. Joseph Cohen was a Tulane University professor and administrator. Dr. Cohen, lived in New Orleans since his arrival in 1955 as a Newcomb College faculty member. He earned a doctorate at the University of Texas. As the university's chancellor, Ransom built a center for the study of all forms of contemporary culture. Dr. Cohen established the Wilfred Owen War Poetry Collection there in honor of the World War I poet who was killed in that conflict. Dr. Cohen taught at Newcomb from 1955 until he retired in 1991. In the 1960s and early 1970s, he was Newcomb's associate dean, and he set up the Newcomb Center for Research on Women. Working with the Jewish Studies Program, Dr. Cohen created the Gulf South Jewish Historical Archive. Among his four books were "Journey to the Trenches: The Life of Isaac Rosenberg, 1890-1918" and "The Poetry of Dannie Abse: Critical Essays and Reminiscences." Dr. Cohen also wrote 50 scholarly articles and 250 book reviews. He was a Japanese interpreter in the Army during World War II. More