The Veil of Moses describes the creation of Russian romantic literary stereotypes which shaped the opinion of the Russian public on the Jews. These stereotypes in turn generated long-lasting habits of dealing with Jews and Jewish themes in Russian culture and politics. This volume introduces a formidable corpus of previously neglected evidence into the scholarship, namely, journalism and second- and third-rank prose. Journalism, influenced by more humane Western attitudes, reflected changes and presented a more objective picture of the Jews. It was the romantic prose, full of mythology and appealing to dark instincts that created the most odious anti-semitic cliches.
- ISBN10 9004235019
- ISBN13 9789004235014
- Publish Date 6 September 2012 (first published 1 January 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 320
- Language English
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