Few literaryCultural genres have achieved such an abundance of studies as that of the romance. At... more Few literaryCultural genres have achieved such an abundance of studies as that of the romance. Attempts have been made by literary scholars, historians, anthropo logists, and those from other disciplines to draw the boundaries and understand the contexts in which romances were created and developed. As the main goal of the present collection of critical essays is to suggest new venues for the study of Jewish medi eval and early modern romance, it will be sufficient to turn, if needed, to that large body of research, for theoretical and historical questions and the study of specific romances. 1 The multitude of definitions of medi eval romance literature can be roughly divided into two subgroups. In the first one are the historical definitions of the genre, which could be summarized as: "tales of chivalric adventure written in romanz (French medi eval vernacular) in Christian Europe between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries." 2 The second group of definitions is mainly generic: they do not bond the romance to a specific period, space, language, or ethos (for example, chivalric or courtly culture), but to certain literary characteristics which could be achieved in any time, place,
... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), ... more ... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), as well as lesser-known writers, were also most prolific in liturgy. Spanish liturgical poetry is divided Page 260. 244 TOVA ROSEN AND ELI YASSIF between a conservative trend ...
... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), ... more ... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), as well as lesser-known writers, were also most prolific in liturgy. Spanish liturgical poetry is divided Page 260. 244 TOVA ROSEN AND ELI YASSIF between a conservative trend ...
... Heda iason, "The Story of David and Goliath: A Folk Epic?&am... more ... Heda iason, "The Story of David and Goliath: A Folk Epic?" Biblica 60 (1979): 23-41; and see Pamela J. Milne, Vladimir Propp ... William M. Brinner, Yale Judaica Series voL 20 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977); Julian Oberman, ed., The Arabic Original of Ibn Shah1n's ...
Few literaryCultural genres have achieved such an abundance of studies as that of the romance. At... more Few literaryCultural genres have achieved such an abundance of studies as that of the romance. Attempts have been made by literary scholars, historians, anthropo logists, and those from other disciplines to draw the boundaries and understand the contexts in which romances were created and developed. As the main goal of the present collection of critical essays is to suggest new venues for the study of Jewish medi eval and early modern romance, it will be sufficient to turn, if needed, to that large body of research, for theoretical and historical questions and the study of specific romances. 1 The multitude of definitions of medi eval romance literature can be roughly divided into two subgroups. In the first one are the historical definitions of the genre, which could be summarized as: "tales of chivalric adventure written in romanz (French medi eval vernacular) in Christian Europe between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries." 2 The second group of definitions is mainly generic: they do not bond the romance to a specific period, space, language, or ethos (for example, chivalric or courtly culture), but to certain literary characteristics which could be achieved in any time, place,
... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), ... more ... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), as well as lesser-known writers, were also most prolific in liturgy. Spanish liturgical poetry is divided Page 260. 244 TOVA ROSEN AND ELI YASSIF between a conservative trend ...
... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), ... more ... Major poets (like Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Moses Ibn Ezra, Judah ha-Levi, and Abraham Ibn Ezra), as well as lesser-known writers, were also most prolific in liturgy. Spanish liturgical poetry is divided Page 260. 244 TOVA ROSEN AND ELI YASSIF between a conservative trend ...
... Heda iason, "The Story of David and Goliath: A Folk Epic?&am... more ... Heda iason, "The Story of David and Goliath: A Folk Epic?" Biblica 60 (1979): 23-41; and see Pamela J. Milne, Vladimir Propp ... William M. Brinner, Yale Judaica Series voL 20 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977); Julian Oberman, ed., The Arabic Original of Ibn Shah1n's ...
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