Jewish Presences in English Literature

by Deborah Heller and Derek Cohen

"The image of the Jew in English literature, as in the Western imagination, has at its base the figure of the Christ-killer. All representations of the Jew in Christian culture are constructed in the light of this irreducible definition." -- from the introduction In a collection of insightful critical essays, Derek Cohen, Deborah Heller, and the contributing authors explore the different ways in which writers of English literature have amplified,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773507817
• ISBN13: 9780773507814
• Release Date: September 1990
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"