She is also the author of two political studies, If I Am Not for Myself: The Liberal Betrayal of the Jews and Jews and Power. Her books on literary subjects include an edition of Jacob Glatstein’s two-volume fictional memoir, The Glatstein Chronicles, The Modern Jewish Canon: A Journey Through Literature and Culture, and A Little Love in Big Manhattan. Preeminent teacher and scholar Ruth Wisse recently retired from her position as Martin Peretz Professor of Yiddish Literature and Professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, and is currently the Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Tikvah Fund. Use our guide to think about the novel in the privacy of your own study, in the classroom, or in a reading group. Print key passages from Daniel Deronda, and explore the themes of each episode with discussion questions. Nineteenth-Century Literature 53 (2): 188–210.In eight definitive lectures, Harvard Professor Ruth Wisse explores the greatest novel of Jewish nationalism, guiding you through the drama, the romance, the politics, and the moral imagination of Daniel Deronda. Daniel Deronda and the politics of nationalism. Chicago/London: Chicago University Press. A probable state: The novel, the contract, and the Jews. Victorian Literature and Culture 32 (2): 565–574. Vocation and sympathy in Daniel Deronda: The self and the larger whole. English: The Journal of the English Association 49 (195): 205–227. ‘A binding history, tragic and yet glorious’ – George Eliot and the Jewish element in Daniel Deronda.

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Relativizing nationalism: The role of Klesmer in George Eliot’s Daniel Deronda. Yale Journal of Criticism: Interpretation in the Humanities 10 (1): 39–61.Īrkush, A.

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