{"product_id":"constructions-of-the-jew-in-english-literature-and-society-racial-representations-1875-1945-paperback-9780521558778","title":"Constructions of 'the Jew' in English Literature and Society; Racial Representations, 1875–1945 (Paperback) 9780521558778","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eConstructions of 'the Jew' in English Literature and Society\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRacial Representations, 1875–1945\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBryan Cheyette argues that 'the Jew' lies at the heart of modern English literature and society: not as a fixed stereotype, but as the embodiment of confusion and indeterminacy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBryan Cheyette (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521558778, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 October 1995\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.3 x 1.9 cm, 0.464 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Rather than poetic licence, Cheyette relies on impressive scholarship to see well beyond the usual stereotypes of the anti-Semitic writer.' Clive Sinclair, Jewish Chronicle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBryan Cheyette combines cultural theory, discourse analysis, and new historicism with close readings of work by Arnold, Trollope and George Eliot, Buchan and Kipling, Shaw and Wells, Belloc and Chesterton, T. S. Eliot and James Joyce, to argue that 'the Jew' lies at the heart of modern English society: not as a stereotype, but as the embodiment of confusion and indeterminacy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: semitism and the cultural realm\u003cbr\u003e 2. The promised land of liberalism: Matthew Arnold, Anthony Trollope and George Eliot\u003cbr\u003e 3. Empire and anarchy: John Buchan and Rudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'socialism of fools': George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells\u003cbr\u003e 5. The limits of liberalism: Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton\u003cbr\u003e 6. Modernism and ambivalence: James Joyce and T. S. Eliot\u003cbr\u003e 7. Conclusion: semitism and the crisis of representation\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: from c 1900 - [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: from c 1900 -\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20from%20c%201900%20-%20%5BDSBH%5D%22\"\u003eDSBH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004181467416,"sku":"9780521558778","price":36.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521558778i_497ca9aa-d74b-4686-bbc7-669b0dae89a0.jpg?v=1691369773","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/constructions-of-the-jew-in-english-literature-and-society-racial-representations-1875-1945-paperback-9780521558778","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}