Three thousand years of Hebrew versification : essays in comparative prosody / Benjamin Harshav.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harshav, Benjamin, 1928-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hebrew language--Versification.

Hebrew language.

Hebrew poetry--History and criticism.

Hebrew poetry.

Hebrew language--Syllabication.

Hebrew language--Rhythm.

Syllabication.

Physical Description:

xx, 352 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

3,000 years of Hebrew versification

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]

Summary:

"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, the meanings of sound patterns, the historical and linguistic frameworks that produced the first accentual iambs in English, German, Russian, and Hebrew, and the first discovery of these iambs in a Yiddish romance written in Venice in 1508/09. In each chapter, the author presents an innovative analytical theory on a particular poetic domain, drawing on his close study of thousands of Hebrew poems"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and indexes.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300144871

0300144873

OCLC:

714726070

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