anglo-jewish
Anglo-Jewish Writers
anti-Semitism history
Biblical Presence
British literary criticism
Byron's Hebrew Melodies
byrons
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Coleridge's Translation
critics
Derekh Eretz
diaspora identity
Double Elements
Drury Lane
Enlightenment philosophy
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Greater Romantic Lyric
Grecian Urn
hebrew
Hebrew Melodies
Human Suffering
Jewish cultural studies
Jewish perspectives in Romantic literature
Jewish Romanticists
Judah HaLevi
King George III
Laborare Est Orare
Lalla Rookh
Maimonidean Controversy
melodies
Michael Galchinsky
Nadia Valman
Part Iii
Peele Castle
press
religious assimilation
Shadal's Poem
state
Torah Im Derekh Eretz
university
Valuable Public Discussion
wayne
Wild Gazelle
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Product details
- ISBN 9780754668800
- Weight: 610g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Feb 2011
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The twelve essays in Romanticism/Judaica explore the four major cultural strands that have converged from the French Revolution to the present. The first section, Nationalism and Diasporeanism, contains essays on the diasporean mentality of the Romantics, Byron's attitude towards nationalism, and Polish immigrant Hyman Hurwitz's attempt to gain acceptance among the British by having Coleridge translate his Hebrew elegy for Princess Charlotte. Essays of the second section, Religion and Anti-Semitism, deal with the complexities of Jewish/Christian relations in the Romantic Period. Specifically, they discuss philosopher Solomon Maimon's lack of response to Kant's anti-Semitism, novelist Maria Polack's use of Christian subject matter to combat anti-Semitism, and short-story writer Grace Aguilar's incorporation of the British Bible-centered Evangelical culture, along with various strands of British Romanticism. In the third section, Individualism and Assimilationism, essays consider different ways the Jews were assimilated into the dominant culture, specifically through the theater, sports and and post-Enlightenment philosophy. Finally, the volume concludes with Criticism and Reflection: a revaluation of earlier scholarship on Anglo-Jewish literature; the establishment of Harold Fisch's covenantal hermeneutics as a model for reading Keats; and an analysis of Lionel Trilling, M. H. Abrams, Harold Bloom and Geoffrey Hartman in terms of their Jewish origins, suggesting the further implications for Romanticism as a field.
Sheila A. Spector is an independent scholar who has devoted her career to exploring the intersection between Romanticism and Judaica.
