The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer: Romance and Reform in Victorian England

by Michael Galchinsky

Book Overview

Analyses the development of Jewish women's writing in relation to Victorian literary history, women's cultural history, and Jewish cultural history.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814344445
• ISBN13: 9780814344446
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"