Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology

Shirley Kaufman, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Tamar Hess

Feminist Press at CUNY, 1999 - Feminism - 270 pages

Each bilingual volume in The Defiant Muse series includes 60 to 80 poems by both well-known and rediscovered poets, selected on the basis of their individual merit and as illustrations of the evolution of feminist thought and feeling.

Reflecting their own cultural milieus as well as enduring themes, the poets write of love and friendship, revolution and peace, religion, nature, isolation, work, and family. The Dutch, French, German, and Italian volumes represent their respective countries; the Hispanic volume includes poems from the many Spanish-speaking nations; and the Hebrew volume encompasses writing in Hebrew from around the world. The poems are presented in their original languages alongside English translations. Each volume includes an introduction, placing the poetry in historical and aesthetic perspective, and full biographical and bibliographical notes on the poets.

Contents

• INTRODUCTION: 1
• A NOTE ON TRANSLATION: 31
• שירת מרים: 36
• THE SONG OF MIRIAM: 37
• קינות: 42
• MIDRASH LEVITICUS RABBAH: 57
• אשתו של דונש בן לברט: 62
• MIDRASH LAMENTATIONS RABBAH: 63
• מרזנא מגירונה: 64
• MERECINA OF GERONA: 65
• אסנת ברזאני: 66
• ASENATH BARZANI: 67
• שרה רבקה רחל לאה הורביץ: 70
• SARAH REBECCA RACHEL LEAH HOROWITZ: 71
• פריחא בת אברהם בראדיבא: 74
• FREYHA BAT AVRAHAM BARADIBA: 75
• רחל מורפורגו: 78
• RACHEL MORPURGO: 79
• רחל: 84
• RAHEL: 85
• שלומית קלוגאי: 90
• SHULAMIT KALUGAI: 91
• אסתר ראב: 92
• ESTHER RAAB: 93
• בתחמה: 102
• BATHAMAH: 103
• ELLA AMITAN: 105
• אנדה פינקרפלדעמיר: 110
• ANDA PINKERFELDAMIR: 111
• זלדה: 120
• ZELDA: 121
• עין טורמלכא: 130
• AYIN TURMALKA: 131
• יהודית כפרי: 140
• JUDITH KAFRI: 141
• דליה רביקוביץ: 142
• DAHLIA RAVIKOVITCH: 143
• HAMUTAL BARYOSEF: 159
• אסתר אטינגר: 160
• ESTHER ETTINGER: 161
• חדוה הרכבי: 162
• HEDVA HARECHAVI: 163
• נורית זרחי: 166
• NURIT ZARCHI: 167
• ברכה סרי: 172
• BRACHA SERRI: 173
• קפןאת רגש: 176
• of frozen feeling: 177
• אמירה הס: 178
• AMIRA HESS: 179
• רות בלומרט: 182
• RUTH BLUMERT: 183
• יונה וולך: 184
• YONA WALLACH: 185
• רחל חלפי: 196
• RAHEL CHALFI: 197
• GALIT HASANROKEM: 203
• דליה פלח: 204
• DAHLIA FALAH: 205
• AGI MISHOL: 207
• מאיה בזנרו: 214
• MAYA BEJERANO: 215
• LEAH AYALON: 221
• RIVKA MIRIAM: 227
• שלי אלקיים: 232
• SHELLEY ELKAYAM: 233
• אפרת מישורי: 236
• EFRAT MISHORI: 237
• SHARON HASS: 239
• BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: 241
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF ISRAELI WOMENS HEBREW POETRY: 261
• PUBLICATION CREDITS: 263
• THE DEFIANT MUSE SERIES: 270

Bibliographic information

• Title: Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present: A Bilingual Anthology; Defiant muse; G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series; Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish women's series
• Editors: Shirley Kaufman, Galit Hasan-Rokem, Tamar Hess
• Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY, 1999
• ISBN: 1558612246, 9781558612242
• Length: 270 pages