Title Civil antisemitism, modernism, and British culture, 1902-1939 / Lara Trubowitz

Published New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2012]

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Description 1 online resource Contents Rethinking British Civility, 1897-1939 -- Acting like an Alien, or Civilizing Antisemitism in British Immigration Law -- Fascist Ethnographers/Fascist Philosemites -- 'The Jews Are News': Wyndham Lewis and the Jewish Refugee Crisis of the 1930s -- Concealing Leonard's Nose: Virginia Woolf, Antisemitism, and 'The Duchess and the Jeweller' -- In Search of 'the Jew' in Djuna Barnes's Nightwood -- Rethinking Ambivalence Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Criticism and interpretation Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation Barnes, Djuna. Nightwood. SUBJECT Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957 fast Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 fast Nightwood (Barnes, Djuna) fast Subject Jews in literature. Antisemitism in literature. English literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Antisemitism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Jews -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century Antisemitism in language. Modernism (Literature) Literary studies: general -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. -- 20th century. Jewish studies -- United Kingdom, Great Britain. -- 20th century. LITERARY CRITICISM -- General. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Jewish. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Literature. Antisemitism Antisemitism in language Antisemitism in literature English literature Jews Jews in literature Modernism (Literature) Great Britain Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780230391673 0230391672 1280585404 9781280585401 9780230391666 0230391664

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