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.[1]
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. ISBN 0-8143-2485-1
Poets included in both editions of the book
Poet included in the first edition but not in the second
Poets included in the second but not the first edition