Michelson, Hyman: THE JEW IN EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE

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Michelson, Hyman : THE JEW IN EARLY ENGLISH LITERATURE

New York, Hermon Press, 1972

Original Cloth. 8vo. VIII, 175 pages. 24 cm. Second edition. Reprint of the 1926 ed. Published by H. J. Paris, Amsterdam, which was originally presented as the author's proefschrif, Amsterdam, 1926. Important study of early English literature – prose, poetry, drama, ballad – from the Mystery Play to Shakespeare, with plot analysis and the fixed traits of the Jew in the period literature. The author points out that the Jew in the literature is always the Jew of the New Testament, hence the anti-semitic tropes endemic to the genres of the period. Subjects: English literature - History and criticism. Jews in literature. Littérature anglaise - Histoire et critique. Juifs dans la littérature. English literature. Jews. Literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Light wear to cloth, otherwise clean and fresh. Very good condition. (BIBLIOG-35-29)

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