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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811946703321

Autore

Segal Miryam

Titolo

A new sound in Hebrew poetry : poetics, politics, accent / / Miryam Segal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2010

ISBN

0-253-00358-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Jewish literature and culture

Disciplina

492.4/152

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Pronunciation - History - 20th century

Hebrew poetry, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism

Hebrew language - Revival

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. "Make Your School a Nation-State" Pedagogy and the Rise of the New Accent -- 2. Representing a Nation in Sound Organic, Hybrid, and Synthetic Hebrews -- 3. "Listening to Her Is Torture": The Menace of a Male Voice in a Woman's Body -- 4. The Runaway Train and the Yiddish Kid  Shlonsky's Double Inscription -- Epilogue: The Conundrum of the National Poet -- Appendix 1. -- Appendix 2. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

With scrupulous attention to landmark poetic texts and to educational and critical discourse in early 20th-century Palestine, Miryam Segal traces the emergence of a new accent to replace the Ashkenazic or European Hebrew accent in which almost all modern Hebrew poetry had been composed until the 1920s. Segal takes into account the broad historical, ideological, and political context of this shift, including the construction of a national language, culture, and literary canon; the crucial role of schools; the influence of Zionism; and the leading role played by women poets in introducing the new accent. This meticulous and sophisticated yet readable study provides surprising new insights into the emergence of modern Hebrew poetry and the revival of the Hebrew language in the Land of Israel.