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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452235103321

Autore

Decter Jonathan P. <1971->

Titolo

Iberian Jewish literature [[electronic resource] ] : between al-Andalus and Christian Europe / / Jonathan P. Decter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-07840-2

9786612078408

0-253-11695-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

892.4/1209384

Soggetti

Hebrew poetry, Medieval - Spain - Andalusia - History and criticism

Hebrew poetry, Medieval - Spain - History and criticism

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew - Spain - Andalusia - History and criticism

Jewish religious poetry, Hebrew - Spain - History and criticism

Jews - Spain - Andalusia - Intellectual life

Jews - Spain - Intellectual life

Electronic books.

Andalusia (Spain) In literature

Spain In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-296) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Space : landscape and transition -- Form : varieties of lamentation and estrangement -- Imagery : the protean garden -- Context : imagining Hebrew fiction between Arabic and European sources -- Structure : literature in transition -- Voice : maqāma and morality -- Space : landscape, geography, and transition -- Conclusion : Out of the garden.

Sommario/riassunto

This stimulating and graceful book explores Iberian Jewish attitudes                toward cultural transition during the 12th and 13th centuries, when growing                intolerance toward Jews in Islamic al-Andalus and the southward expansion of the                Christian Reconquista led to the relocation of Jews from Islamic to Christian                domains. By



engaging literary topics such as imagery, structure, voice, landscape,                and geography, Jonathan P. Decter traces attitudes toward transition that range from                tenacious longing for the Islamic p