Selected poems of Shmuel HaNagid /

The first major poet of the Hebrew literary renaissance of Moslem Spain, Shmuel Ben Yosef Ha-Levi HaNagid (993-1056 C.E.) was also the prime minister of the Moslem state of Granada, battlefield commander of the non-Jewish Granada army, and one of the leading religious figures in a medieval Jewish wo...

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Main Author: Samuel, ha-Nagid, 993-1056 (Author)
Other Authors: Cole, Peter, 1957- (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1996]
Series:Lockert library of poetry in translation.
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Summary:The first major poet of the Hebrew literary renaissance of Moslem Spain, Shmuel Ben Yosef Ha-Levi HaNagid (993-1056 C.E.) was also the prime minister of the Moslem state of Granada, battlefield commander of the non-Jewish Granada army, and one of the leading religious figures in a medieval Jewish world that stretched from Andalusia to Baghdad.
Peter Cole's groundbreaking versions of HaNagid's poems capture the poet's combination of secular and religious passion, as well as his inspired linking of Hebrew and Arabic poetic practice.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.
Physical Description:xxviii, 236 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233).
ISBN:0691011214
9780691011219
0691011206
9780691011202