Hebrew poetry from Spain's golden age

Topics:
  • Arts & Culture
  • Literature
Guests:

Peter Cole is editor and translator of The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950–1492 (Princeton University Press)

Hosts:
Marilyn Kleinberg Neimark
Broadcast Date: 
Mar 23 2008
Description: 

A discussion with Peter Cole about a new collection of translated poetry from the period of Muslim rule in Spain, a linguistic and cultural crossroads that produced what Harold Bloom has called "the blooming of a Hebrew poetry that, at the very best, could rival the magnificences of Scripture"

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Episode: March 23, 2008