Figures of conversion : "the Jewish Question" & English national identity /
Between the 1870s-90s, considerable attention was paid to Jews and Judaism by English critics and writers. Argues that the consideration of Jews by English writers was often in the context of their efforts to describe and improve the English character. Observes that alongside English antisemitism th...
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Durham :
Duke University Press,
1995.
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Series: | Post-contemporary interventions
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