{"product_id":"instrument-of-memory-9780472133468","title":"Instrument of Memory","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing the lens of memory studies, the work shows how the Christian tradition of the Wandering Jew legend centred the memory of the Passion at the heart of the Wandering Jew’s curse. \u003cem\u003eInstrument of Memory\u003c\/em\u003e also shows how Jewish artists and writers have reimagined the legend through Jewish memory traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith its new analysis of a well-known and enduringly popular legend and new identifications of Jewish literary and artistic re-imaginings of it, \u003ci\u003eInstrument of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e will be an important intervention in both literary criticism and Jewish studies. It also provides new insights relevant to our understanding of nationalism and antisemitism, subject areas in which the author has published other important work. For medievalists, it newly demonstrates how medieval Christian tropes and ideas provided the historical infrastructure for antisemitisms of later periods, which is an issue of concern across disciplines.\" - Debra Strickland, University of Glasgow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart One: The Wandering Jew and Christendom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter One: The Wandering Jew as Relic in Matthew Paris’s \u003ci\u003eChronica majora\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Two: The 1602 \u003ci\u003eKurtze Beschreibung\u003c\/i\u003e: A Lutheran Recalibration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Two: The Wandering Jew in the Age of Emancipation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Three: EugÈne Sue’s \u003ci\u003eLe Juif errant\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Four: Heine and the Wandering Jew’s Beard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Three: The Wandering Jew and Jerusalem in an Age of Global War\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Five: Marc Chagall’s \u003ci\u003eRemembrance\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhite Crucifixion\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Six: Uri Zvi Greenberg’s King Ahasver\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Seven: Edmond Fleg’s \u003ci\u003eJÉsus: RacontÉ par Le Juif errant\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Eight: Sholem Asch’s \u003ci\u003eThe Nazarene\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart Four: Contemporary Encounters with the Wandering Jew\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Nine: Stefan Heym’s \u003ci\u003eAhasver \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Ten: The Wandering Jew in the Twenty-First Century: Eshkol Nevo, Dara Horn, and Sarah Perry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402716062039,"sku":"9780472133468","price":60.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472133468.jpg?v=1730481313","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/instrument-of-memory-9780472133468","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}