The Image of the Jew in American Literature: From Early Republic to Mass ImmigrationJewish Publication Society of America, 1974 - 586 pages |
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... dear a price " ; but he finally agrees . He is so affected by Rachel's beauty that " were she not a Jewess , he would not be making so great a sacrifice " after all . When the marriage is finally revealed to the duke he disinherits his ...
... dear a price " ; but he finally agrees . He is so affected by Rachel's beauty that " were she not a Jewess , he would not be making so great a sacrifice " after all . When the marriage is finally revealed to the duke he disinherits his ...
Page 215
... dear ! Oh , dear ! It's a good thing my moth- er's dead ; dis dreadful blow would have killed her . It's all through mixing with bad companionship . Vy didn't I join the ' Band of Hope ' ven I was young ? " 31 A second play by ...
... dear ! Oh , dear ! It's a good thing my moth- er's dead ; dis dreadful blow would have killed her . It's all through mixing with bad companionship . Vy didn't I join the ' Band of Hope ' ven I was young ? " 31 A second play by ...
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... dear Mirah .... [ He had observed ] the depravity of nature , the paucity of honor , the unholy proclivities of those among whom were garnered all the ancient and perfect traditions of the race . Deronda finally concludes that " as a ...
... dear Mirah .... [ He had observed ] the depravity of nature , the paucity of honor , the unholy proclivities of those among whom were garnered all the ancient and perfect traditions of the race . Deronda finally concludes that " as a ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
American Renaissance | 100 |
Hawthorne and the Wandering Jew | 107 |
Copyright | |
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