| Poets on the Edge: An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry Contributor(s): Keller, Tsipi (Editor), Keller, Tsipi (Translator), Dykman, Aminadav (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0791476863 ISBN-13: 9780791476864 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: Selections from twenty-seven Hebrew poets, many of whose poems appear here in English for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Literary Collections | Middle Eastern |
| Dewey: 892.417 |
| LCCN: 2008014208 |
| Series: Suny Series, Modern Jewish Literature & Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (1.10 lbs) 376 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Poets on the Edge introduces four decades of Israel's most vigorous poetic voices. Selected and translated by author Tsipi Keller, the collection showcases a generous sampling of work from twenty-seven established and emerging poets, bringing many to readers of English for the first time. Thematically and stylistically innovative, the poems chart the evolution of new currents in Hebrew poetry that emerged in the late 1950s and early 1960s and, in breaking from traditional structures of line, rhyme, and meter, have become as liberated as any contemporary American verse. Writing on politics, sexual identity, skepticism, intellectualism, community, country, love, fear, and death, these poets are daring, original, and direct, and their poems are matched by the freshness and precision of Keller's translations. |