Benjamin Harshav is professor emeritus of comparative literature and J. & H. Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Yale University, and professor emeritus of literary theory, Tel Aviv University. He lives in North Haven, CT.

“An original work of powerful analysis that is likely to remain the definitive study of this subject for the foreseeable future. . . . It is a book that anyone even marginally involved in Hebrew poetry would want to have on his or her bookshelf.”—Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley

Benjamin Harshav is professor emeritus of comparative literature and J. & H. Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Yale University, and professor emeritus of literary theory, Tel Aviv University. He lives in North Haven, CT.

“An original work of powerful analysis that is likely to remain the definitive study of this subject for the foreseeable future. . . . It is a book that anyone even marginally involved in Hebrew poetry would want to have on his or her bookshelf.”—Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley

Benjamin Harshav is professor emeritus of comparative literature and J. & H. Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature, Yale University, and professor emeritus of literary theory, Tel Aviv University. He lives in North Haven, CT.

“An original work of powerful analysis that is likely to remain the definitive study of this subject for the foreseeable future. . . . It is a book that anyone even marginally involved in Hebrew poetry would want to have on his or her bookshelf.”—Robert Alter, University of California, Berkeley