Hebrew Writers on Writing (The Writer's World)

Cole, Peter (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1595340521 / ISBN 13: 9781595340528

Published by Trinity University Press, San Antonio, 2008

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The editor's short inscription to title page o/w clean, unmarked copy. BP/Writers on Writers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hebrew Writers on Writing (The Writer's World)
• Publisher: Trinity University Press, San Antonio
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1595340521
• ISBN 13: 9781595340528
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Writers on Writers
  • Writers on Writing

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Synopsis

"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.