Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The origins of Christian Zionism The origins of Christian Zionism Donald M. Lewis "In this study of Lord Shaftesbury - Victorian England's greatest humanitarian and most prominent Christian Zionist - Donald M. Lewis examines why British evangelicals became fascinated with the Jews… OL18751824W
The merchant of Venice The merchant of Venice John W. Mahon "Four hundred years after its first performance, The Merchant of Venice continues to draw audiences, spark debate, and elicit controversy. This collection of new essays examines the performance and s… OL18861378W
Chaucer and the Jews : sources, contexts, meanings / edited by Sheila Delany Chaucer and the Jews : sources, contexts, meanings / edited by Sheila Delany Sheila Delany "Jews were expelled from England in 1290, about half a century before Geoffrey Chaucer's birth. But Jews and their culture continued to play in important role in the English Christian imagination thr… OL18923307W
Jewish Noir Jewish Noir Kenneth Wishnia "A unique collection of all-new stories by award-winning authors. This anthology includes the work of numerous authors such as Marge Piercy, Harlan Ellison, S. J. Rozan, Nancy Richler, Moe Prager (Re… OL20013024W
Bambi's Jewish roots and other essays on German-Jewish culture Bambi's Jewish roots and other essays on German-Jewish culture Paul Reitter "Paul Reitter's scholarship on German-Jewish culture has won acclaim in both specialized journals and forums like the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, Bookforum, and the TLS, whi… OL20030488W
Poetry after Auschwitz Poetry after Auschwitz Susan Gubar "In this study Susan Gubar demonstrates that Theodor Adorno's famous injunction against writing poetry after Auschwitz paradoxically inspired an ongoing literary tradition. From the 1960s to the pres… OL38940W
The merchant of Venice The merchant of Venice Jennifer Mulherin Discusses the plot, characters, and historical background of the Shakespeare play. OL4438041W
Shakespeare: The merchant of Venice Shakespeare: The merchant of Venice Norman T. Carrington 84 p. 18 1/2 cm OL5192483W
Isaac Bashevis Singer and the eternal past Isaac Bashevis Singer and the eternal past Irving H. Buchen Index. Bibliography: p.221-234 "The Gotham Library." OL5837310W
Cultural dialectic Cultural dialectic Jane Statlander "This book defines and analyzes the elusive concept of cultural dialectic, as it ambiguously manifests itself in selected works of Ludwig Lewisohn and Cynthia Ozick. Taken separately, the terms "cult… OL5962776W
George Eliot and Victorian attitudes to racial diversity George Eliot and Victorian attitudes to racial diversity Brenda McKay This work is a broadly focussed & intensively researched study of the multifarious ways in which the Victorians looked at discourses on race & how these affected people's daily lives: Slavery, 19th-c… OL6036686W
Post-war Jewish fiction Post-war Jewish fiction David Brauner "In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by post-war British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by … OL6210578W
The terror of our days The terror of our days Harriet L. Parmet "The Holocaust remains incomprehensible to the world at large and without a compelling claim on most people's lives. By contrast the term "Holocaust" occupies a central place in Jewish vocabulary, an… OL7798286W