{"product_id":"jewish-literary-eros-between-poetry-and-prose-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-hardback-9780253060150","title":"Jewish Literary Eros; Between Poetry and Prose in the Medieval Mediterranean (Hardback) 9780253060150","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJewish Literary Eros\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBetween Poetry and Prose in the Medieval Mediterranean\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eIsabelle Levy (Author), Raymond P. Scheindlin (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253060150\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e210 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.481 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJewish Literary Eros\u003c\/i\u003e, Isabelle Levy explores the originality and complexity of medieval Jewish writings. Examining \u003ci\u003emedieval prosimetra\u003c\/i\u003e (texts composed of alternating prose and verse), Levy demonstrates that secular love is the common theme across Arabic, Hebrew, French, and Italian texts. At the crossroads of these spheres of intellectual activity, Jews of the medieval Mediterranean composed texts that combined dominant cultures' literary stylings with biblical Hebrew and other elements from Jewish cultures. Levy explores Jewish authors' treatments of love in prosimetra and finds them creative, complex, and innovative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJewish Literary Eros\u003c\/i\u003e compares the mixed-form compositions by Jewish authors of the medieval Mediterranean with their Arabic and European counterparts to find the particular moments of innovation among textual practices by Jewish authors. When viewed in the comparative context of the medieval Mediterranean, the evolving relationship between the mixed form and the theme of love in secular Jewish compositions refines our understanding of the ways in which the Jewish literature of the period negotiates the hermeneutic and theological underpinnings of Islamicate and Christian literary traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNote on Translation and Transliteration\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. The Relative Merits of Prose and Poetry\u003cbr\u003e2. The Medieval Jewish Prosimetric Poet-Lover\u003cbr\u003e3. Love Between Poetry and Prose\u003cbr\u003e4. The Death of Courtly Love and the Poetry of Prose\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eAppendix A: Bisbidis, by Immanuel of Rome\u003cbr\u003eAppendix B: Timeline\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670774280472,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jewish-literary-eros-between-poetry-and-prose-in-the-medieval-mediterranean-hardback-9780253060150","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}