{"product_id":"antisemitism-and-british-gothic-literature-9781349425624","title":"AntiSemitism and British Gothic Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Semitism and British Gothic Literature examines the Gothic''s engagement with the Jewish Question and British national identity over the course of a century. Beginning with an exploration of Jewish demonology from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, Davison interprets the changing significance of the trans-national Wandering Jew in classic Gothic fiction who later migrates into Victorian realism. What emerges is the elucidation of an anti-Semitic ''spectropoetics'' that convey how the spectres of Jewish difference and Jewish assimilation haunt British literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Nation and the Spectral Wandering Jew The Contested Enlightenment, the Contested Castle The Primal Scene: The Skeleton in Britain's Closet Cabalistic Conspiracies and Crypto-Jews The Rise of the Vampiric Wandering Jew: A Sinister German-English Co-Production Britain, Vampire Empire: Fin-de-Siécle Fears and Bram Stoker's Dracula Afterword: Pathological Projection and the Nazi Nightmare Works Cited Index","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742416863575,"sku":"9781349425624","price":40.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349425624.jpg?v=1758384824","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/antisemitism-and-british-gothic-literature-9781349425624","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}