Three Thousand Years of Hebrew Versification: Essays in Comparative Prosody

by Benjamin Harshav

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"