{"product_id":"the-dream-of-the-poem-hebrew-poetry-from-muslim-and-christian-spain-950-1492-9780691121956","title":"The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492","description":"\u003cp\u003eHebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies an extraordinary sensuality and intense faith that transcend the limits of language, place, and time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Peter Cole's translations reveal this remarkable poetic world to English readers in all of its richness, humor, grace, gravity, and wisdom. \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e traces the arc of the entire period, presenting some four hundred poems by fifty-four poets, and including a panoramic historical introduction, short biographies of each poet, and extensive notes. (The original Hebrew texts are available on the Princeton University Press Web site.) By far the most potent and comprehensive gathering of medieval Hebrew poems ever assembled in English, Cole's anthology builds on what poet and translator Richard Howard has described as \"the finest labor of poetic translation that I have seen in many years\" and \"an entire revelation: a body of lyric and didactic verse so intense, so intelligent, and so vivid that it appears to identify a whole dimension of historical consciousness previously unavailable to us.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Dream of the Poem\u003c\/i\u003e is, Howard says, \"a crowning achievement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation #58\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.14h x 6.32w x 1.19d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691121956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Finalist","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42440520007817,"sku":"9780691121956","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7f00c9bf-98a6-4039-82c0-4e98729534d0.jpg?v=1716238868","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-dream-of-the-poem-hebrew-poetry-from-muslim-and-christian-spain-950-1492-9780691121956","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}