138 research outputs found
Book review: Janet Montefiore, Men and women writers of the 1930s: the dangerous flood of history
No full textReview of Janet Montefiore, 'Men and women Writers of the 1930s: The Dangerous Flood of History'
In Time’s Eye: Essays on Rudyard Kipling
No full textChallenging received opinion and breaking new ground in Kipling scholarship, these essays on Kipling's attitudes to the First World War, to the culture of Edwardian England, to homosexuality and to Jewishness, bring historical, literary critical and postcolonial approaches to this perennially controversial writer. The Introduction situates the book in the context of Kipling's changing reputation and of recent Kipling scholarship. After the perspectives of Chesterton (1905), Orwell (1942) and Jarrell (1960), newer contributions address Kipling's approach to the Boer war, his involvement with World War One, his Englishness and the politics of literary quotation. Different aspects of Kipling's relation to India are explored, including the 'Mutiny', Eastern religions, his Indian travel writings and his knowledge of 'the vernacular'. This collection, whose contributors include Hugh Brogan, Dan Jacobson, Daniel Karlin and Bryan Cheyette, is essential reading for academics and students of Kipling, Victorian and Edwardian English literature and cultural history
Reviews
No full textEdward Mendelson, Early Auden, Later Auden: A Critical Biography (Princeton UP 2017), reviewed by Janet Montefiore; Emily Brontë and Anne Brontë, The Diary Papers of Emily and Anne Brontë, edited by Christine Alexander, with Mandy Swann (Juvenilia Press, 2019), reviewed by Deborah Denenholz Morse; Lucasta Miller. L. E. L.: The Lost Life and Mysterious Death of the “Female Byron" (Anchor Books of Penguin Random House, 2019), reviewed by Beverly Taylor.
Feminism and Poetry: language, experience, identity in women’s writing; 3rd revised edition with critical introduction by Claire Buck
No full textAs Jan Montefiore convincingly demonstrates in this fully updated edition, the range, scope and variety of women's poetry, past and present is very impressive. A readable and lucid application of current theories, with a new chapter examining women's poetry in a post-colonial era, this is a timely book on feminist poetics
A Few Words to the Jews
No full textCharlotte Montefiore (1818–1854) published A Few Words to the Jews anonymously in 1853. The volume is a collection of essays on Anglo-Jewish life, covering topics including the Sabbath, Jewish women, religious reform and practice, Jewish materialism, immortality, the idea of truth, and religious festivals. The essays, like Montefiore's collection of short stories, The Cheap Jewish Library, and her novel, Caleb Asher, carry a strong message of social justice. Montefiore, a wealthy, aristocratic and influential Jew, was deeply involved in social welfare and the education of young people within her community, establishing a number of foundations to aid underprivileged Jews, including the Jewish Emigration Society. In A Few Words Montefiore argued her case against inequality and economic exploitation within Jewish communities. The work offers a fascinating insight into the life and politics of Victorian Jews. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=montc2</jats:p
Kipling and Europe
No full textThis is a selection of papers from the International conference "Kipling and Europe" (Bologna 2016). The aim of the conference was to have a discussion on Rudyard Kipling’s engagement with the history, politics and culture of Europe. Though Kipling reached a huge audience there, his response to, and impact upon Europe has been little discussed. In fact, his response to Europe was complex and changed over time. Kipling had a keen sense of Europe’s history, whether political, religious and cultural. Importantly, the European and British Empire contexts – where Kipling is usually viewed in terms of the latter – are not wholly separate and distinct. The global politics of Kipling’s time was formed by competing, mostly European, nations, empires and political movements
Nikola I and Moses Montefiore
No full textAutor ove priče, Šlojme-Zalman Rapoport (1863-1920) bio je poznat i pod pseudonimom S. Anski (ili An-ski). Rapoport je bio jevrejski autor, dramski pisac, istraživač jevrejskog folklora, polemičar i kulturni i politički aktivista. Najpoznatiji je po predstavi “Dibbuk ili Između dva sveta”. U ovoj priči Rapoport opisuje događaj u kome su glavni sudionici car Nikola I i Mozes Montefjore. Prema priči Car Nikola je želeo da se oslobodi Jevreja iz Rusije a Montefjore je za njih ponudio otkup. Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, (1784- 1885) baron i vitez, bio je britanski finansijer i bankar, aktivista i filantrop iz Londona. Rođen je u siromašnoj italijansko-jevrejskoj porodici ali je bračnim vezama postao član bogate porodice Rotšild. Donirao je velike sume novca jevrejskim zajednicama na Levantu. 1860. godine osnovao je Miškenot Ša'ananim - prvo jevrejsko naselje izvan Jerusalima.The author of this story, Shloyme Zanvl Rappoport (1863-1920) was known by his pseudonym S. Ansky (or An-sky). He was a Jewish author, playwright, researcher of Jewish folklore, polemicist, and cultural and political activist. He is best known for his play The Dybbuk or Between Two Worlds. In this story, Rapoport describes an event in which the main participants are Tsar Nikola I and Moses Montefiore. According to the story, Tsar Nikola wanted to get rid of the Jews from Russia, and Montefiore offered money to them. Sir Moses Chaim Montefiore, (1784-1885) baron and chevalier, was a British financier and banker, activist, and philanthropist from London. He was born into a poor Italian-Jewish family but became a member of a wealthy Rothschild family through marriage. He donated large sums of money to Jewish communities in the Levant. In 1860, he founded Mishkenot Sha'ananim - the first Jewish settlement outside Jerusalem.Autor priče Šlojme-Zalman Rapoport (1863-1920) bio je poznat i pod pseudonimom S. Anski ili An-ski (The autohor of the story Schloyme-Zalman Rapoport (1863-1920) was also known under the pseudonym S. Anski or An-ski)
El gorrión de Stalin. Historias. Revista de la Dirección de Estudios Históricos Num. 83 (2012) septiembre-diciembre
No full textSimon Sebag-Montefiore (1965) se ha dedicado a reconstruir y contar la vida y los tiempos de Stalin, por encima de su otra pasión: el siglo xviii ruso y sus autócratas. En español existen por el momento estos títulos: La corte del zar rojo (traducción de Teófilo de Lozoya Elzurdía, Crítica, 2004), Llamadme Stalin. La historia secreta de un revolucionario (traducción de Teófilo de Lozoya Elzurdía, Crítica, 2007, 2010), amén de su novela Sashenka (traducción de Máximo Sáez Escribano, Punto de Lectura, 2009, 2011). La hija de Stalin murió el pasado 22 de noviembre de 2011 en Richland, Wisconsin, bajo el nombre que asumió al casarse con un ciudadano estadounidense, Lana Peters. Esta nota se publicó el 3 de diciembre de 2011 en el Financial Times
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