British romanticism and the Jews
Subtitle: history, culture, literature
By: edited by Sheila A. Spector.
Contributors: Spector, Sheila A., 1946-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: English literature -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism.; English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.; Jews -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life.; Judaism and literature -- Great Britain.; Romanticism -- Great Britain.; Judaism in literature.; Jews in literature.
Description: This title explores the influences exerted by the British-Christian and British-Jewish communities on each other during the period between the Enlightenment and Victorianism, demonstrating how the texts produced by the Jewish Enlightenment provided a source for romantic intellectual revisionism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-285) and index.