Evolutions of Jewish Character in British Fiction: Nor Yet Redeemed

ISBN-13: 9781138549838 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 192 str.

Aaron Kaiserman

Opis

Evolutions of Jewish Character in British Fiction examines how the contradictory nature of Jewish stereotypes, combined with the Jews’ complicated entanglement of religion, race, and nationality, presented an opportunity for writers to think about the gap between representations and individuals.

O autorze

Aaron S. Kaiserman holds a PhD from the University of Ottawa and has taught courses in general fiction and children’s literature. This monograph expands on his doctoral thesis on the evolution of Jewish portrayals. His publications include: "‘Wandering through Bowers Beloved’: The Wandering Jew and the Woman Poet in Caroline Norton’s The Undying One". Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies Vol. 11.1 (Spring 2015); and "(De)Radicalism: Rootlessness and the Subversive Power of Money in Godwin’s Caleb Williams and St Leon". Lumen Vol. 32 (2013).