Description
Book SynopsisThrough and in translation, poets have introduced new poetic styles, languages, and forms into their own writing, sometimes changing the course of literary history in the process.
Strange Cocktail is the first comprehensive study of this phenomenon in modern Hebrew literature of the late nineteenth century to the present day.
Trade ReviewLucidly written . . . dazzling. A major contribution to the scholarship of modern Hebrew literature in any language, and in English all the more so. Few scholars have the knowledge of language and poetic corpora to be able to pull such a project together."" - Shai Ginsburg, Duke University
""Thorough and elegantly formatted . . . Jacobs is highly knowledgeable and demonstrates impressive expertise. A notable contribution to modern Jewish literary studies, Israel studies, and translation studies, as well as the field of modern Hebrew literature and culture."" - Naomi Sokoloff, University of Washington
