Lists
Lists
Cheyette, B. (2024) Israel Zangwill: past, present and future - an introduction. European Judaism, 57 (2). pp. 4-19. ISSN 1752-2323 doi: 10.3167/ej.2024.570202
Abstract/Summary
Israel Zangwill (1864–1926) was the best-known Jewish anglophone writer and public intellectual during his lifetime. There has been a contemporary resurgence of interest in Zangwill’s life and work in Britain, France, America and Israel, which will be discussed in the introduction and is illustrated by the articles in the special issue. I focus on the legacies of Zangwill both locally and globally. At the heart of the introduction is the way that Zangwill’s legacy varies in different national cultures. It explores how Zangwill reuses the idea of the ghetto from the German tradition of ghetto literature; radicalises Herzl’s political Zionism in the form of Jewish territorialism; and refashions President Roosevelt’s idea of the melting-pot for popular consumption.
Altmetric Badge
| Item Type | Article |
| URI | https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/119393 |
| Item Type | Article |
| Refereed | Yes |
| Divisions | Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Literature and Languages > English Literature |
| Publisher | Berghahn |
| Download/View statistics | View download statistics for this item |
University Staff: Request a correction | Centaur Editors: Update this record
