A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry

A Matter of Geography deals with medieval secular Hebrew poetry from Spain and elsewhere, based on a "center and periphery" model. It delineates how Spanish school strove for centrality, as well as how the poets from elsewhere coped with it.

About the author

Uriah Kfir, Ph.D. (2011), Tel Aviv University, is a Lecturer in medieval Hebrew poetry at the Department of Hebrew Literature of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He has published several articles in both English and Hebrew. This is his first book.

Product details

• Authors: Uriah Kfir
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.03.2018
• EAN: 9789004363588
• ISBN: 978-90-04-36358-8
• No. of pages: 196
• Weight: 449 g
• Series: Études Sur Le Judaïsme Médiéva
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies