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The temple of culture : assimilation and anti-Semitism in literary Anglo-America / Jonathan Freedman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freedman, Jonathan, 1954- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- James, Henry, 1843-1916--Criticism and interpretation.
- James, Henry.
- Jews--United States--Intellectual life.
- Jews.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--United States.
- American literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Jews--England--Intellectual life.
- Jews--Cultural assimilation--England.
- English literature--Jewish authors--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Judaism and literature--English-speaking countries.
- Judaism and literature.
- Antisemitism--English-speaking countries.
- Antisemitism.
- Jews--English-speaking countries.
- Antisemitism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Erik Erikson (1902-1994) was one of the most eminent and prolific psychologists of the 20th century. Over his long career he published a dozen books, including classics such as Childhood and Society; Identity, Youth, and Crisis; and Young Man Luther . He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1970 for his biography Gandhi's Truth. It was also in 1970, when he retired from Harvard University, that Erikson began to rethink his earlier theories of development. He became increasingly occupied with the conflicts and challenges of adulthood--a shift from his earlier writings o
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: The Jew in the Museum; TWO: The Temple of Culture and the Market for Letters: The Jew and the Way We Write Now; THREE: The Mania of the Middlebrow: Trilby, the Jew, and the Middlebrow Imaginary; FOUR: Henry James and the Discourses of Anti-Semitism; FIVE: Henry James among the Jews; Coda: Beyond the Battle of the Blooms; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-255) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028501-X
- 0-19-772637-2
- 1-280-47276-6
- 0-19-535122-3
- 1-60256-393-4
- OCLC:
- 57493394
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