Language:
English
Year of publication:
1990
Titel der Quelle:
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Angaben zur Quelle:
30,1 (1990) 79-92
Keywords:
Herbert, George,
;
Herbert, George,
;
Vaughan, Henry,
;
Jewish literature History and criticism
;
Christian converts from Judaism
Abstract:
Discusses the poetic works of George Herbert (1593-1633) and Henry Vaughan (1622-1695), both of whom presented the most extensive Anglican verse on the Jews in that period, in order to identify the causes for their changed outlook toward the Jews, which became increasingly hostile. Jews were only treated as a means to a theological or political end. At first, both Herbert and Vaughan emphasized the importance of the conversion of the Jews as a prelude to the Second Coming of Christ. The change came when the Jews were perceived as a political danger. In the case of the Royalist-motivated Vaughan, he became increasingly hostile with the realization that the Jews would not convert and when the Cromwellians remained in power. Notes that Vaughan's hardening attitude contrasted with the Royalist view of Jews, which became more favorable in the 1650s.
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