The Jewish Persona in the European Imagination : a Case of Russian Literature.

The Jewish Persona in the European Imagination : a Case of Russian Literature.

This book argues that the representation of Jews in European literature has little to do with actual, human Jews, but rather is derived from the conception of Jews as Christianity's paradigmatic Other, eternally reenacting their morally ambiguous New Testament role as the Christ-bearing and -ki...

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Main Author: Livak, Leonid
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2010.
Series:Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture
Subjects:
1800-1899
Antisemitism in literature.
Christianity and antisemitism > Europe > History.
Russian literature > Jewish authors > History and criticism.
Jews in literature.
Russian literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Antisemitism in literature
Christianity and antisemitism
Jews in literature
Russian literature
Russian literature > Jewish authors
Europe
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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