Three Thousand Years of Hebrew Versification: Essays in Comparative Prosody

by Benjamin Harshav

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In this unparalleled study of the forms of Hebrew poetry, preeminent authority Benjamin Harshav examines Hebrew verse during three millennia of changing historical and cultural contexts. He takes us around the world of the Jewish Diaspora, comparing the changes in Hebrew verse as it came into contact with the Canaanite, Greek, Arabic, Italian, German, Russian, Yiddish, and English poetic forms. Harshav explores the types and constraints of free rhythms,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300144873

ISBN13:9780300144871

Release Date:November 2014

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:376 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.4" x 6.5" x 9.6"

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Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry

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