"Hebrew Writers on Writing" offers a fresh look at well-known figures such as Haim Nahman Bialik and Yehuda Amichai, while also introducing a host of fascinating yet little- or never-before translated writers. Drawing from essays, letters, notebooks, poems, interviews, and other sources, it begins in early 20th-century Warsaw, wanders through the formative years of Hebrew modernism in Europe and Palestine, and explores the charged complexity of contemporary Israel. In the process, it probes, as no English-language volume has before, the shifting cultural and political landscape Hebrew emerged from, providing readers with an intimate vision of a startlingly rich and diverse body of work. These selections from 49 writers have been rendered by a group of some of the finest English translators in the field, and each piece is introduced by editor, noted poet, and MacArthur fellow Peter Cole.

Author: Peter Cole
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Published: 11/01/2008
Series: Writer's World
Pages: 321
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.32w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781595340528


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2008 pg. 249