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A Matter of Geography: A New Perspective on Medieval Hebrew Poetry takes a ground-breaking approach to the relationships between centers of medieval Hebrew poetry and their implications regarding matters of poetics. It shows on the one hand how literary efforts by members of the Spanish school of secular poetry, from its zenith in the eleventh century to the thirteenth century, helped gradually shape its predominance. On the other hand, it presents thirteenth century Hebrew poets from Iraq, Egypt, Italy and Provence, and charts the different strategies of these peripheral authors, who had to cope with Iberian fame. The analysis, which draws on concepts from literary and cultural theories, provides close readings of many works in both the original Hebrew and, in most cases for the first time, an English translation. Kfir's book makes a strong case for the craft, vibrancy, and richness of Medieval Hebrew poetry as rooted in place. Highly recommended for scholars of medieval Hebrew poetry, poetry aficionados, and historians. - David B. Levy, Touro College, in: Association of Jewish LIbraries 8.4 (2018)

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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.

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