The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself
Author: Stanley Burnshaw
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Total Pages: 366
Release: 2003
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780814324851

A collection of modern Hebrew poetry that presents the poems in the original Hebrew, with an English phonetic transcription.

The Poem Itself

The Poem Itself
Author: Stanley Burnshaw
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Total Pages: 390
Release: 2015-09-24
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9781610753081

Available again for a new generation, this classic work contains over 150 of the greatest modern French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian poems presented in the original languages and brilliantly illuminated by English commentaries.

The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse

The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
Author: T. Carmi
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 964
Release: 2006-06-29
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141966602

This stunning anthology gathers together the riches of poetry in Hebrew from 'The Song of Deborah' to contemporary Israeli writings. Verse written up to the tenth century show the development of piyut, or liturgical poetry, and retell episodes from the Bible and exalt the glory of God. Medieval works introduce secular ideas in love poems, wine songs and rhymed narratives, as well as devotional verse for specific religious rituals. Themes such as the longing for the homeland run through the ages, especially in verse written after the rise of the Zionist movement, while poems of the last century marry Biblical references with the horrors of the Holocaust. Together these works create a moving portrait of a rich and varied culture through the last 3,000 years.

Strange Cocktail

Strange Cocktail
Author: Adriana X. Jacobs
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2018-07-23
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 047212403X

For centuries, poets have turned to translation for creative inspiration. Through and in translation, poets have introduced new poetic styles, languages, and forms into their own writing, sometimes changing the course of literary history in the process. Strange Cocktail is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon in modern Hebrew literature of the late nineteenth century to the present day. Its chapters on Esther Raab, Leah Goldberg, Avot Yeshurun, and Harold Schimmel offer close readings that examine the distinct poetics of translation that emerge from reciprocal practices of writing and translating. Working in a minor literary vernacular, the translation strategies that these poets employed allowed them to create and participate in transnational and multilingual poetic networks. Strange Cocktail thereby advances a comparative and multilingual reframing of modern Hebrew literature that considers how canons change and are undone when translation occupies a central position—how lines of influence and affiliation are redrawn and literary historiographies are revised when the work of translation occupies the same status as an original text, when translating and writing go hand in hand.

The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature

The Divine in Modern Hebrew Literature
Author: Neta Stahl
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2020-02-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1317420888

Demonstrating the pervasive presence of God in modern Hebrew literature, this book explores the qualities that twentieth-century Hebrew writers attributed to the divine, and examines their functions against the simplistic dichotomy between religious and secular literature. The volume follows both chronological and thematic paths, offering a panoramic and multilayered analysis of the various strategies in which modern Hebrew writers, from the turn of the nineteenth century through the twenty-first century pursued in their attempt to represent the divine in the face of metaphysical, theological, and representational challenges. Modern Hebrew literature emerged during the nineteenth century as part of the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment) movement, which attempted to break from the traditional modes of Jewish intellectual and social life. The Hebrew literature that arose in this period embraced the rebellious nature of the Haskalah and is commonly characterized as secular in nature, defying Orthodoxy and rejecting God. Nevertheless, this volume shows that modern Hebrew literature relied on traditional narratological and poetic norms in its attempt to represent God. Despite its self-declared secularity, it engaged deeply with traditional problems such as the nature of God, divine presence, and theodicy. Examining these radical changes, this volume is a key text for scholars and students of modern Hebrew literature, Jewish studies and the intersection of religion and literature.