Defiant Muse: Hebrew Feminist Poems from Antiquity to the Present (The Helen Rose Scheuer Jewish Womens Series)

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Hebrew
• ISBN: 1558612246
• ISBN13: 9781558612242
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Feminist Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An important work, spanning biblical to contemporary poets

This is an impressive collection of known works and newly discovered feminist pieces in their original Hebrew and in stunning translations. Biblical and rabbinic literature is culled for feminist voices; midieval literature from around the world is mined; 20th century Hebrew poets, including a good number of current writers, are represented. There are many poems that you'd expect to find in a collection like this, and many that will be new to you. Bravo to the editors, themselves poets and translators, for this landmark contribution to Hebrew feminist literature.