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An interdisciplinary collection of twelve essays, Romanticism/Judaica explores the four major areas of intersection: Nationalism and Diasporeanism, Religion and Anti-Semitism, Individualism and Assimilationism, and Criticism and Reflection. Chapters cover diasporeanism, Byron, Hyman Hurwitz and Coleridge, Solomon Maimon and Kant, Maria Polack, Grac
List of contents
Preface, Sheila A. Spector; Introduction: The Convergence of Romanticism and Judaica, Sheila A. Spector; Part 1 Nationalism and Diasporeanism; Chapter 1 Enactments of Exile and Diaspora in English Romantic Literature, Stuart Peterfreund; Chapter 2 Byron's Hebrew Melodies and the Musical Nation, Toby R. Benis; Chapter 3 Mourning, Translation, Pastoral: Hyman Hurwitz and Literary Authority, Karen Weisman; Part 2 Religion and Anti-Semitism; Chapter 4 Solomon Maimon and Immanuel Kant: The Question of Anti-Semitism, Stanley J. Spector; Chapter 5 England's Jewish Renaissance: Maria Polack's Fiction Without Romance (1830) in Context, Heidi Kaufman; Chapter 6 Grace Aguilar's Victorian Romanticism: Records of Israel (1844), Judith W. Page; Part 3 Individualism and Assimilationism; Chapter 7 The Jew on the Romantic Stage, Frederick Burwick; Chapter 8 A Performance of Difference: The Public Image of Daniel Mendoza, Mark L. Schoenfield; Chapter 9 Samuel David Luzzatto's Judaization of Rousseau, Sheila A. Spector; Part 4 Criticism and Reflection; Chapter 10 Rethinking Margin and Center in Anglo-Jewish Literature, Michael Scrivener; Chapter 11 “Shadowy Presences”: Harold Fisch's Criticism and a Jewish Reading of Romanticism, Lloyd Davies; Chapter 12 Jewish Critics of Romanticism: Formal Predispositions, Jeffrey C. Robinson;
About the author
Sheila A. Spector is an independent scholar who has devoted her career to exploring the intersection between Romanticism and Judaica.
Summary
An interdisciplinary collection of twelve essays, Romanticism/Judaica explores the four major areas of intersection: Nationalism and Diasporeanism, Religion and Anti-Semitism, Individualism and Assimilationism, and Criticism and Reflection. Chapters cover diasporeanism, Byron, Hyman Hurwitz and Coleridge, Solomon Maimon and Kant, Maria Polack, Grac
