A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry

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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.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherBrill
Number of pages184
ISBN (Electronic)9789004363595
ISBN (Print)9789004363588
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2018

Publication series

NameÉtudes sur le judaïsme médiéval
PublisherBrill
Volume74
ISSN (Print)0169-815X

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • History
  • Religious studies
  • Literature and Literary Theory

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