Constructions of 'the Jew' in English Literature and Society

'At the heart of Constructions of 'the Jew' is the admirable attempt to locate concerns of 'race' not at the margins of English literature, but at its very centre … Cheyette brings together issues connected with 'race', culture, history and writing in a fascinating way … This is analysis at the cutting edge of the interface between literature and politics.' Max Silverman, New Statesman & Society

• 1. Introduction: semitism and the cultural realm; 2. The promised land of liberalism: Matthew Arnold, Anthony Trollope and George Eliot; 3. Empire and anarchy: John Buchan and Rudyard Kipling; 4. The 'socialism of fools': George Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells; 5. The limits of liberalism: Hilaire Belloc and G. K. Chesterton; 6. Modernism and ambivalence: James Joyce and T. S. Eliot; 7. Conclusion: semitism and the crisis of representation; Bibliography; Index.