00000nam a22000008i 4500 UP-1685523046126130383 Buklod 20230524140120.0 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 230524s2022 inu u eng 9780253060167 (ebook) 22319945 DLC DCAL rda eng PN 842 L48 2022eb Levy, Isabelle 1983- author Jewish literary eros between poetry and prose in the medieval Mediterranean Isabelle Levy. Bloomington Indiana University Press 2022. 1 online resource (xv, 189 pages) text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Indiana series in Sephardi and Mizrahi studies Includes bibliographical references and index. "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. 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. Jewish Literary Eros 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"--Provided by publisher. European literature Jewish authors History and criticism. Jewish literature Mediterrenean Region History and criticism. Literature, Medieval History and criticism. Love in literature. Electronic books. Electronic resource Available for the University of the Philippines Diliman on campus and remote access via EBSCO eBooks. Click here to access thru OpenAthens http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=3177385 (viewed 24 May 2023) FO UPD DCAL PN 842 L48 2022EB Electronic Resource