Three Thousand Years of Hebrew Verse: Encounters of Sound and Meaning: Essays in Comparative Prosody

Three Thousand Years of Hebrew Verse: Encounters of Sound and Meaning: Essays in Comparative Prosody

by Benjamin Harshav (Author)

Synopsis

Presents the study of the forms of Hebrew poetry. This title examines Hebrew verse during three millennia of changing historical and cultural contexts. It takes us around the world of the Jewish Diaspora, comparing the changes in Hebrew verse as it came into contact with the Canaanite, Greek, German, Russian, Yiddish, and English poetic forms.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 07 Nov 2014

ISBN 10: 0300144873
ISBN 13: 9780300144871