No Sign of Ceasefire

An Anthology of Contemporary Israeli Poetry

Ed/Trans by Warren Bargad and Stanley F. Chyet

Paper - 9780970429520
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Published 2002
Pages: 272

Subjects: Jewish Studies: Literature and Poetry

Publisher: Skirball Cultural Center


Description

No Sign of Ceasefire: An Anthology of Contemporary Israeli Poetry features the work of eleven distinguished poets. Translated from Hebrew, their poems address issues—great and trivial—of modern life in a country that struggles to survive. Like the poets who proceeded them, these writers contemplate isolation and national identity with individual voices. They also ponder lust, spirituality, family, the Arab-Israeli conflict, nature, sexuality, science, and history, and provide a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary Israeli society.

Published by Skirball Cultural Center

Author(s)

Warren Bargad and Stanley F. Cheyat are both natives of Boston, Massachusetts and Boston Latin School alumni. Bargad is retired Director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Cheyt is retired Professor of History and Literature at the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. In addition to their other publications, the two collaborated on Israeli Poetry: A Contemporary Anthology (Indiana University Press, 1985).