The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

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The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself is an anthology of modern Hebrew poetry, presented in the original language, with a transliteration into Roman script, a literal translation into English, and commentaries and explanations.[1]

Two editions of this book have appeared so far:

  • First edition, published in 1965 by Schocken Books. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, and Ezra Spicehandler. Twenty-four poets, 69 poems, 220 pages. Has no ISBN. Library of Congress number; 66-26731. Reprinted by Schocken in 1989. Reprinted by Harvard University Press in 1995.
  • Second edition, published in 2003 by Wayne State University Press. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, , and Ezra Spicehandler. Forty poets, 106 poems, 359 pages. ISBN 0-8143-2485-1

Poets included in both editions of the book

Poet included in the first edition but not in the second

  • Avot Yeshurun

Poets included in the second but not the first edition

See also[]

  • List of Hebrew language poets

Notes[]

  1. ^ Robert Alter (1975). Modern Hebrew Literature. Behrman House, Inc. p. ix. ISBN 978-0-87441-235-2.


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