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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
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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;
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Sheila A. Spector is an independent scholar who has devoted her career to exploring the intersection between Romanticism and Judaica.
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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
