The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself

The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself is an anthology of modern Hebrew poetry, presented in the original language, with a transliteration into Roman script, a literal translation into English, and commentaries and explanations.

Two editions of this book have appeared so far: First edition, published in 1965 by Schocken Books. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, and Ezra Spicehandler. Twenty-four poets, 69 poems, 220 pages. Has no ISBN. Library of Congress number; 66-26731. Reprinted by Schocken in 1989. Reprinted by Harvard University Press in 1995. Second edition, published in 2003 by Wayne State University Press. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, Ariel Hirschfeld, and Ezra Spicehandler. Forty poets, 106 poems, 359 pages.

Poets included in both editions of the book Chaim Nachman Bialik Saul Tchernichovsky Jacob Fichman Avraham Ben Yitshak Jacob Steinberg Uri Zvi Greenberg Simon Halkin Avraham Shlonsky Yochebed Bat-Miriam Yonatan Ratosh Nathan Alterman Leah Goldberg Gabriel Preil Amir Gilboa Abba Kovner Tuvya Ruebner Haim Guri Yehuda Amichai T. Carmi Ayin Hillel Dan Pagis Nathan Zach Dalia Ravikovich

Poet included in the first edition but not in the second Avot Yeshurun

Poets included in the second but not the first edition Zelda Dalia Hertz David Avidan Israel Pinkas Erez Biton Hedva Harekhavi Meir Wieseltier Yair Hurvitz Yona Wallach Agi Mishol Yitzhak Laor Dan Armon Ramy Ditzanny Ronny Someck Hezi Leskali Amir Or Admiel Kosman

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