THE JEWS IN ENGLISH POETRY AND FICTION
Berlin; Schocken Verlag, 1938. Item #33808
Original Wraps. 12mo. 43, [1] pages. 19 cm. First edition. Jüdische Lesehefte, Nr. 29. Nazi-era publication. Edited with glossary and notes by Philipp Aronstein. Annotated selections on the literary represensation of Jews in English literature, from Shakespeare, Byron, Walter Scott, Benjamin Disraeli, and George Eliot. Part of the last publications published by Schocken Verlag in Germany. Lists Siegfried Scholem, Berlin, on last page. “Philipp Aronstein was born in 1862 in Halver. He studied philology, but his Jewish ethnicity prevented him from pursuing an academic career. He worked professionally as a teacher, publishing several articles. He was deported by the Nazis to Thereseinstadt, where he died in 1942.” - LBI. Subjects: Jews in literature. English literature - History and criticism. English literature. Jews as literary characters. OCLC lists 23 copies. Light wear to wraps, otherwise fresh and clean. Very good condition. (GER-45-2).
Price: $100.00