Figures of Conversion

by Ragussis, Michael; Fish, Stanley Eugene; Jameson, Fredric

• ISBN13: 9780822315704
• ISBN10: 082231570X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1995-04-01
• Publisher: Duke Univ Pr

Summary

"This is the most stimulating and original treatment of representations of the Jew in English literature that I have ever read. It moves the discussion of images of the Jew in literature on to a new, more nuanced and intellectually challenging plane. What is important about Ragussis' work is that it links representations of the Jew in English culture to what is now a central issue for students of English history and literature: constructions of Englishness and the formation of English nationalism."--Todd M. Endelman, University of Michigan

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Culture of Conversion	p. 15
Writing English Comedy: Patronizing Shylock""	p. 57
Writing English History: Nationalism and National Guilt""	p. 89
Writing Spanish History: The Inquisition and The Secret Race""	p. 127
Israel in England: English Culture and the Hebrew Premier""	p. 174
Moses in Egypt: The Secret Jew in England	p. 234
Epilogue	p. 291
Notes	p. 301
Index	p. 333
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