“For we rather forget that the Christian God was a Jew,”
Patrick Braybrooke facetiously claimed, “though no doubt this was
a Divine mistake and the ‘nationality’ of Christ should have
been English.” Taking Braybrooke’s lead, Heidi Kaufman argues
that the proliferation of Jewish discourse in nineteenth-century
British novels was linked to the construction of English character
and English origins. The period of the eighteenth century marks a
turning point in definitions of English national identity, not only
because of a rise in modern racial thinking, but also because of
the contradictory dimensions of Englishness that called out for
resolution in novels. This study looks at some of the ways in which
novels of the nineteenth century began to rewrite Jewish and
Christian theological affiliations in an effort to allay the racial
panic such associations posed for the nation’s newly emergent
racial-religious identity. Novels were uniquely well suited to this
task because of their emphasis on sequential history and character
development, their increasing popularity, and their imaginative
possibilities. Kaufman shows that nineteenth-century novels did not
simply engender ideas about England and the English but also
attempted to correct a problem that arose when the racial and
theological components of national identity came into conflict with
one another.
General
Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
September 2009 |
Firstpublished: |
2009 |
Authors: |
Heidi Kaufman
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
256 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-03526-0 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
0-271-03526-9 |
Barcode: |
9780271035260 |
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