The Jewess in nineteenth-century British literary culture /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valman, Nadia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
Colección:Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 54.
Temas:
1800-1899
Jewish women in literature.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Juives dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
English literature
Jewish women in literature
Englisch
Literatur
Jüdin > Motiv
Vrouwen.
Joden.
Literair leven.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: the Jewess question; 2 Repellent beauty: the liberal nation and the Jewess; 3 Jewish persuasions: gender and the culture of conversion; 4 Women of Israel: femininity, politics and Anglo-Jewish fiction; 5 Hellenist heroines: commerce, culture and the Jewess; 6 The shadow of the harem: fin-de-si`ecle racial romance; 7 Conclusion: neither wild thing nor tame; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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