{"product_id":"the-dream-of-the-poem-hebrew-poetry-from-muslim-and-christian-spain-950-1492-paperback","title":"The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies an extraordinary sensuality and intense faith that transcend the limits of language, place, and time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Peter Cole's translations reveal this remarkable poetic world to English readers in all of its richness, humor, grace, gravity, and wisdom. \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e traces the arc of the entire period, presenting some four hundred poems by fifty-four poets, and including a panoramic historical introduction, short biographies of each poet, and extensive notes. (The original Hebrew texts are available on the Princeton University Press Web site.) By far the most potent and comprehensive gathering of medieval Hebrew poems ever assembled in English, Cole's anthology builds on what poet and translator Richard Howard has described as \"the finest labor of poetic translation that I have seen in many years\" and \"an entire revelation: a body of lyric and didactic verse so intense, so intelligent, and so vivid that it appears to identify a whole dimension of historical consciousness previously unavailable to us.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is, Howard says, \"a crowning achievement.\"\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A sterling work of translation of unsurpassed scope, quality and importance.\"\u003cb\u003e--Ross Brann, Cornell University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The finest labor of poetic translation I have seen in many years.... An entire revelation.\"\u003cb\u003e--Richard Howard, University of Houston\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Cole\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet and translator of Hebrew and Arabic poetry. He has received numerous awards for his work, including prizes from the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the Modern Language Association, and a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Winner of the 2004 PEN-America Translation Award, he lives in Jerusalem, where he coedits Ibis Editions. He was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9.14 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 22, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e National Jewish Book Award (2007)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51775141675296,"sku":"9780691121956","price":50.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/831589f615e033b5e5a57d45960c72dc.webp?v=1780458738","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-dream-of-the-poem-hebrew-poetry-from-muslim-and-christian-spain-950-1492-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}