The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer Romance and Reform in Victorian England

• Main Author: Galchinsky, Michael (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Wayne State University Press 2018
• Subjects: Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social groups: religious groups & communities
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Between 1830 and 1880, the Jewish community flourished in England. During this time, known as haskalah, or the Anglo-Jewish Enlightenment, Jewish women in England became the first Jewish women anywhere to publish novels, histories, periodicals, theological tracts, and conduct manuals. The Origin of...