Title: "Loosen the fetters of thy tongue woman" : the poetry and poetics of Yona Wallach /
Authors: Cohen, Zafrira Lidovsky.
Publisher: Hebrew Union College Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Wallach, Yona Criticism and interpretation.; Poetics.; Hebrew poetry History and criticism.
Abstract: "In this fascinating study, Zafrira Lidovsky Cohen presents the first full-length critical analysis in English of the works of maverick Israeli poet Yona Wallach (1944-1985). Although Wallach is often remembered only for her outrageous and unconventional personality and the controversies engendered by her sometimes shamelessly erotic verse, she is nevertheless regarded by many of her friends and colleagues as the most important among the Israeli poets of her generation - perhaps even the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times. She has had a profound effect on Israel's cultural life ever since her works began to appear in periodicals in the early 1960s.