| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Oxford studies in American literary history |
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Oxford studies in American literary history.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Oxford Studies In American Literary History -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Money Laundering and the Sensational Jew -- 1. Region, Capitalism, and the Jew in the Post-Tom Plantation Novel -- 2. La Belle Juive, or "Jew"?: From Rachel Félix to The Marble Faun -- 3. Desire by Proxy: The Cosmopolitan Jew in Theodore Winthrop's Cecil Dreeme -- 4. Fagin in America -- Conclusion: Race, Money, and the Jew -- Coda: Charlottesville, "Molineux," and the Phantom Jew -- Endnotes -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
Sensationalism and the Jew in Antebellum American Literature examines the charged but mostly overlooked presence of the sensational Jew in Antebellum literature. It demonstrates how the ""Sensational Jew"" is a revealing figure in antebellum culture, as well as an important antecedent to contemporary Antisemitism in the US |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 10, 2023) |
| Subject |
American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
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Sensationalism in literature.
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Jews in literature.
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Antisemitism -- United States -- History -- 19th century
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American literature
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Antisemitism
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Jews in literature
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Sensationalism in literature
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Literature: history & criticism.
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Literature.
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0192699733 |
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9780191967962 |
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0191967963 |
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9780192699732 |
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