ISBN:
9789004363595
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Year of publication:
2018
Series Statement:
Études sur le Judaïsme Médiéval 74
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Kfir, Uriah Matter of geography
Keywords:
Hebrew poetry, Medieval History and criticism
;
Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew History and criticism
;
Hebrew poetry, Medieval
;
Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Copyright page -- -- Acknowledgments -- Transcription of Hebrew -- Center and Periphery -- Center -- Distinction: Al-Andalus, Eleventh Century -- Amplification: Between Al-Andalus and Christian Spain, Late Eleventh to the Early Twelfth Centuries -- Promotion: From Spain to its Peripheries, Mid-Twelfth to Early Thirteenth Centuries -- Preservation: Christian Spain, Thirteenth Century -- Periphery -- Periphery and Center -- Competition: Iraq, Thirteenth Century -- Equilibration: Egypt, Thirteenth Century -- Vacillation: Italy, Late Thirteenth Century -- De-territorialization: Provence, Late Thirteenth Century -- Center and Periphery?.
Abstract:
A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry takes a ground-breaking approach to the relationships between centers of medieval Hebrew poetry and their implications regarding matters of poetics. It shows on the one hand how literary efforts by members of the Spanish school of secular poetry, from its zenith in the eleventh century to the thirteenth century, helped gradually shape its predominance. On the other hand, it presents thirteenth century Hebrew poets from Iraq, Egypt, Italy and Provence, and charts the different strategies of these “peripheral” authors, who had to cope with Iberian fame. The analysis, which draws on concepts from literary and cultural theories, provides close readings of many works in both the original Hebrew and, in most cases for the first time, an English translation. \'Kfir’s book makes a strong case for the craft, vibrancy, and richness of Medieval Hebrew poetry as rooted in place. Highly recommended for scholars of medieval Hebrew poetry, poetry aficionados, and historians.\' - David B. Levy , Touro College, Association of Jewish LIbraries 8.4 (2018)
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
DOI:
10.1163/9789004363595
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