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Jewish literary eros : between poetry and prose in the medieval Mediterranean /

"In Jewish Literary Eros, Isabelle Levy explores the originality and complexity of medieval Jewish writings. Examining medieval prosimetra (texts composed of alternating prose and verse), Levy demonstrates that secular love is the common theme across Arabic, Hebrew, French, and Italian texts. A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levy, Isabelle, 1983- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2022.
Colección:Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Translation and Transliteration
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. The Relative Merits of Poetry and Prose
  • Chapter 2. The Medieval Jewish Prosimetric Poet-Lover: An Anxious Student of Ethics
  • Chapter 3. Love between Poetry and Prose: Concrete Metaphors
  • Chapter 4. The Death of Courtly Love and the Poetry of Prose: Immanuel of Rome in Medieval Italy
  • Conclusion: A Prosimetric Inheritance
  • Appendix A: Immanuel's Bisbidis
  • Appendix B: Timeline
  • Bibliography
  • Index