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Poems from the Diwan
Yehuda Halevi
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Description for Poems from the Diwan
Paperback. A collection of both secular and devotional poems. It covers various literary genres and religious modes on which the author drew. Translator(s): Levin, Gabriel. Series: Poetica. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Yehuda Halevi, who wrote both secular and devotional poems, is considered one of the finest poets in post-biblical Hebrew literature. Suffused with warmth, moving easily between the mundane and the otherworldly, and, above all, delicately elegiac, the poet's voice cuts across all the literary genres and religious modes on which he drew. Born in the second half of the 11th century, Halevi wandered in his youth between Muslim and Christian Spain before settling in Cordoba around 1110. Towards the end of his life, to the amazement and consternation of his friends and admirers, he set out on a pilgrimage to ... Read more
Yehuda Halevi, who wrote both secular and devotional poems, is considered one of the finest poets in post-biblical Hebrew literature. Suffused with warmth, moving easily between the mundane and the otherworldly, and, above all, delicately elegiac, the poet's voice cuts across all the literary genres and religious modes on which he drew. Born in the second half of the 11th century, Halevi wandered in his youth between Muslim and Christian Spain before settling in Cordoba around 1110. Towards the end of his life, to the amazement and consternation of his friends and admirers, he set out on a pilgrimage to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Anvil Press Poetry United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Series
Poetica
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780856463334
SKU
V9780856463334
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About Yehuda Halevi
Gabriel Levin was born in France in 1948 and grew up in the United States and Israel. His first collection of poems, 'Sleepers of Beulah', was published in 1992 and his mucb-praised second collection, 'Ostraca', appeared in late 1999. He lives in Jerusalem.
Reviews for Poems from the Diwan
'Gabriel Levin has dared to walk boldly in this minefield, and offers free translations which are vigorous, exciting, sparkling with ingenuity, and, at their best, strangely haunting'Nicholas de Lange