The Jewess in Nineteenth-Century British Literary Culture
(Part of the Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture Series)
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Stories about Jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century Britain as debates about the place of the Jews in the nation raged. While previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, Nadia Valman argues that the figure of the Jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards Jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desire. Reading a range of texts from popular romance to the...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521134056
ISBN13:9780521134057
Release Date:March 2010
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:292 Pages
Weight:1.15 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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