LEADER 04382nam 2200781Ia 450 001 9910971080003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613895578 010 $a9781283583121 010 $a1283583127 010 $a9780252092176 010 $a0252092171 035 $a(CKB)2670000000240941 035 $a(EBL)3413988 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000710979 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11400278 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000710979 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10672939 035 $a(PQKB)11289161 035 $a(OCoLC)1156422803$z(OCoLC)811409072$z(OCoLC)923494550$z(OCoLC)961559152$z(OCoLC)962691635 035 $a(OCoLC)on1156422803 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23789 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3413988 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10593660 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL389557 035 $a(OCoLC)923494550 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3413988 035 $a(Perlego)2382233 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000240941 100 $a20080215d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican naturalism and the Jews $eGarland, Norris, Dreiser, Wharton, and Cather /$fDonald Pizer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (110 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780252033438 311 08$a0252033434 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [77]-83) and index. 327 $a""front cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Hamlin Garland""; ""2. Frank Norris""; ""3. Theodore Dreiser""; ""4. Edith Wharton and Willa Cather""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""; ""back cover"" 330 8 $aAmerican Naturalism and the Jews examines the unabashed anti-Semitism of five notable American naturalist novelists otherwise known for their progressive social values. Hamlin Garland, Frank Norris, and Theodore Dreiser all pushed for social improvements for the poor and oppressed, while Edith Wharton and Willa Cather both advanced the public status of women. But they all also expressed strong prejudices against the Jewish race and faith throughout their fiction, essays, letters, and other writings, producing a contradiction in American literary history that has stymied scholars and, until now, gone largely unexamined. In this breakthrough study, Donald Pizer confronts this disconcerting strain of anti-Semitism pervading American letters and culture, illustrating how easily prejudice can coexist with even the most progressive ideals. Pizer shows how these writers' racist impulses represented more than just personal biases, but resonated with larger social and ideological movements within American culture. Anti-Semitic sentiment motivated such various movements as the western farmers' populist revolt and the East Coast patricians' revulsion against immigration, both of which Pizer discusses here. This antagonism toward Jews and other non-Anglo-Saxon ethnicities intersected not only with these authors' social reform agendas but also with their literary method of representing the overpowering forces of heredity, social or natural environment, and savage instinct. 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAmerican literature$y19th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aJews in literature 606 $aAntisemitism in literature 606 $aNaturalism in literature 606 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$xPolitical and social views 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$xPolitical and social views 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aJews in literature. 615 0$aAntisemitism in literature. 615 0$aNaturalism in literature. 615 0$aAuthors, American$xPolitical and social views. 615 0$aAuthors, American$xPolitical and social views. 676 $a810.9/3529924073 700 $aPizer$b Donald$0551159 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910971080003321 996 $aAmerican naturalism and the Jews$94354090 997 $aUNINA