Title Women's poetry and religion in Victorian England : Jewish identity and Christian culture / Cynthia Scheinberg

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 275 pages) Series Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 35 Cambridge studies in nineteenth-century literature and culture ; 35. Contents "Sweet singers of Israel": gendered and Jewish otherness in Victorian poetics -- Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the "Hebraic monster" -- Christina Rossetti and the Hebraic goblins of the Jewish Scriptures -- "Judaism rightly reverenced": Grace Aguilar's theological poetics -- Amy Levy and the accents of minor(ity) poetry Summary Scheinberg examines Anglo-Jewish (Grace Aguilar and Amy Levy) and Christian (Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti) women poets, and argues that there are important connections between the discourses of nineteenth-century poetry, gender and religious identity Analysis Litteratur Engelsk, amerikansk litteratur Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-271) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894 -- Religion Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 -- Religion Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847 -- Religion Levy, Amy, 1861-1889 -- Religion SUBJECT Aguilar, Grace, 1816-1847 fast Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 fast Levy, Amy, 1861-1889 fast Rossetti, Christina Georgina, 1830-1894 fast Subject Religious poetry, English -- History and criticism Christianity and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century Women and literature -- England -- History -- 19th century English poetry -- Jewish authors -- History and criticism English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism English poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism Christian poetry, English -- 19th century -- History and criticism Jewish women -- Great Britain -- Intellectual life Jewish poetry -- History and criticism Judaism and literature -- England Jews in literature. POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Christian poetry, English Christianity and literature English poetry English poetry -- Jewish authors English poetry -- Women authors Jewish poetry Jewish women -- Intellectual life Jews in literature Judaism and literature Religion Religious poetry, English Women and literature Christliche Lyrik Frauenlyrik Judentum Gedichten. Engels. Joodse boeken. Godsdienst. England Great Britain Englisch. Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 0511064411 9780511064418 051105808X 9780511058080 0511072872 9780511072871 0511120214 9780511120213 9780521811125 0521811120 9780511484902 0511484909 1280161086 9781280161087 1107125227 9781107125223 1139147838 9781139147835 0511329652 9780511329654 9780521099837 0521099838

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