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The
Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer Romance and Reform in Victorian England Michael Galchinsky |
Between
1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time,
known as haskalah,
or the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first
Jewish women anywhere to publish novels, histories, periodicals, theological
tracts, and conduct manuals. The Origin
of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer analyzes
this critical but forgotten period in the development of Jewish women's
writing in relation to Victorian literary history, women's cultural history,
and Jewish cultural history. Michael Galchinsky demonstrates that these women writers were the most widely recognized spokespersons for the haskalah. Their romances, some of which sold as well as novels by Dickens, argued for Jew's emancipation in the Victorian world and women's emancipation in the Jewish world. |
"Michael
Galchinsky's compelling study uncovers a treasure trove of historical concerns
and literary efforts previously unknown, glossed over, or ignored. Convincingly
demonstrating the profound influence of women's writings in Jewish communal
efforts to achieve emancipation and religious reform, he broadens and greatly
enriches our understanding of Jews in Victorian England. He also gives us
greater appreciation for the romance novel as a political instrument, successfully
used by such writers as Maria Polack, Marion Hartog, Celia Moss, and Grace
Aguilar." —Ellen M. Umansky, Fairfield University |
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| $44.95s cloth / ISBN 0-8143-2612-9 $21.95s paper / ISBN 0-8143-2613-7 276 pages 1996 |
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