Grace Aguilar: Selected Writings by Grace Aguilar, Michael Ga... - 9781551113777

Name: Grace Aguilar: Selected Writings by Grace Aguilar, Michael Ga... - 9781551113777
Brand: Broadview Press Ltd

Broadview Press Ltd

For the first time in over a century, this edition makes available the work of the most important Jewish writer in early and mid-Victorian Britain. Grace Aguilar (1816-1847) broke new literary ground by writing from the unique perspective of an Anglo-Jewish woman. Aguilar\u2019s writing responds to English representations of Jews and women by writers such as Felicia Hemans, Maria Edgeworth, Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Macaulay. She both assimilates and alters the genres of historical romance, dramatic monologue, domestic fiction, history, and midrash, among others.\nThis edition includes Aguilar\u2019s novella The Perez Family in its entirety; the Sephardic historical romance \u201CThe Escape,\u201D her Sephardic historical romance, \u201CHistory of the Jews in England,\u201D the first such history ever written by a\n\nGrace Aguilar: Selected Writings\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPle;