Civil antisemitism, modernism, and British culture, 1902-1939
By: Lara Trubowitz
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780230391666
Subjects: Antisemitism in literature; English literature; Jews; LITERARY CRITICISM / General; LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish; Jews in literature; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Modernism (Literature); LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Antisemitism in language; Antisemitism; History
Description: "This book focuses on "civil" antisemitism in twentieth-century Britain, a crucial and often critically neglected form of anti-Jewish rhetoric. Civil antisemitism is shaped by a tradition of British civility and etiquette, one that disdains blatant or "vulgar" expressions of bigotry. This preoccupation with courtesy and manners gives rise to techniques for cloaking the virulence of anti-Jewish hostilities--in short, hate rhetoric functioning as "civil" discourse. The book addresses a variety of manifestations of civil antisemitism, including parliamentary debates, ethnographic reportage, fascist fiction and propaganda, and ultimately modernist literature, particularly the work of Djuna Barnes, Virginia Woolf, and Wyndham Lewis"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.