From Shylock to Svengali: Jewish Stereotypes in English Fiction by Rosenberg, Edgar - 1961

Stranford University Press, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. Gift inscription written by the previous owner. Heavy book may require extra postage unless posted within South Africa. Publication of 388 pages. Frontispiece. The dust jacket is worn. The boards are in good condition. Internally the pages are immaculately clean and complete. Tightly bound and protected in cellophane. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Volume, measuring approximately 5.75" x 9", is bound in green cloth, with stamped gilt lettering tos spine. Book is like new. Price-clipped dust jacket displays chip at top edge of spine panel and otherwise exhibits very light shelfwear. viii/388 pages.
"The extraordinarily brilliant and original treatment of this theme brings to life some of the most vivid characters in the English novel -- Isaac and Rebecca, Fagin, Melmotte, Deronda, Svengali. Centering his attention on nineteenth-century fiction, the author not only traces the main elements of the stereotype -- the Jew as mutilator, bogey, petty thief and colossal parasite -- but also offers fresh appraisals of the novelists themselves. Along the way he examines a number of works that have not before received critical attention: Scott's "The Surgeon's Daughter," Edgeworth's "Harrington," and Bulwer's "My Novel."Centuries before Shakespeare gave classic expression to the myth of the Jewish criminal, the type had been established in dramatic and… Read More

London: Peter Owen, 1961. Hardcover. Good Condition. Inside front flap is corner-clipped, otherwise dust jacket is complete but rubbed and worn at edges and corners. Internally clean and unmarked, with uncreased pages. A good used copy without major defects. viii, 388 pp. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Jews in literature; English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Add. Inventory No: 240318SWG006021. .