Journal article
Introduction: Jews in Britain-Medieval to Modern
Philological quarterly, Vol.92(1), pp.1-18
01/01/2013
Abstract
Rarely, though, has a single volume contained sustained and focused analyses of cultural artifacts created during widely disparate periods in English history, with the notable exception of Derek Cohen and Deborah Heller's anthology, Jewish Presences in English Literature (1990).4 Cohen and Heller's volume focused on the depiction of Jews in major canonical English texts penned by gentiles, and aimed to dispel the antisemitic myths promulgated in those works.5 In contrast, this special issue contains analyses of not only canonical literary works but also less familiar texts, along with images of Jews in other cultural forms, especially visual art and drama. [...]this volume contains ar- tides analyzing not only gentile but also Jewish constructions of the Jew in England as well as Anglo-America. James Shapiro's Shakespeare and the Jews (1997) broke new ground by revealing how, thanks to historical factors such as the Spanish Inquisition and Protestant Reformation, "the early modern Jew . . . confounded those who sought more precise definitions in terms suited to emerging notions of nationhood and race.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Introduction: Jews in Britain-Medieval to Modern
- Creators
- Kathy Lavezzo
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Philological quarterly, Vol.92(1), pp.1-18
- Publisher
- University of Iowa, Philological Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0031-7977
- eISSN
- 2169-5342
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- English
- Record Identifier
- 9984419010602771
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