The Dream of the Poem: Hebrew Poetry from Muslim and Christian Spain, 950-1492
Hebrew culture experienced a renewal in medieval Spain that produced what is arguably the most powerful body of Jewish poetry written since the Bible. Fusing elements of East and West, Arabic and Hebrew, and the particular and the universal, this verse embodies an extraordinary sensuality and intense faith that transcend the limits of language, place, and time.
Peter Cole's translations reveal this remarkable poetic world to English readers in all of its richness, humor, grace, gravity, and wisdom.
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Added by: arcadius | Karma: 2802.10 | Fiction literature | 4 August 2010
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Winnowing - Blood Curse Book 2 of 3
Owain returns to his old stomping ground in Spain, and to his long time friend, a Toreador Antitribu named El Greco. Things have changed however over the years and Owain becomes enmeshed in a political chess match with El Greco's rival. The Gangrel Nickolas continues his hunt for Owain as well and tracks him to Spain. Some very interesting plot twists keep you on your toes and make the whole story worth reading. The various plot ties going on throughout the first and second novels begin to come together.
The Great Plains cover the central two-thirds of the United States, and during the nineteenth century were home to some of the largest and most powerful Indian tribes on the continent. The conflict between those tribes and the newcomers from the Old World lasted about one hundred and fifty years, and required the resources of five nations - Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, the Confederate States of America and the United States - before fighting ended in the mid 1890s.
