{"product_id":"strangers-in-the-archive-literary-evidence-and-londons-east-end-9780813947372","title":"Strangers in the Archive: Literary Evidence and London's East End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2023 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award for best book in the category of Jewish literature and linguistics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Traditionally the scene of some of London's poorest, most crime-ridden neighborhoods, the East End of London has long been misunderstood as abject and deviant. As a landing place for migrants and newcomers, however, it has also been memorably and colorfully represented in the literature of Victorian authors such as Charles Dickens and Oscar Wilde. In \u003ci\u003eStrangers in the Archive, \u003c\/i\u003e Heidi Kaufman applies the resources of archives both material and digital to move beyond icon and stereotype to reveal a deeper understanding of East End literature and culture in the Victorian age. \u003cp\u003e Kaufman uncovers this engaging new perspective on the East End through Maria Polack's \u003ci\u003eFiction without Romance\u003c\/i\u003e (1830), the first novel to be published by an English Jew, and through records of Polack's vibrant community. Although scholars of nineteenth-century London and readers of East End fictions persist in privileging sensational narratives of Jack the Ripper and the infamous \"Fagin the Jew\" as signs of universal depravity among East End minority ethnic and racial groups, Strangers in the Archive considers how archival materials are uniquely capable of redressing cultural silences and marginalized perspectives as well as reshaping conceptions of the global significance of literary and print culture in nineteenth-century London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Many of this book's subjects--including digital editions of rare books and manuscript diaries, multimedia maps, and other related East End print records--can be viewed online at the Lyon Archive and the Polack Archive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeidi Kaufman is Associate Professor of English at the University of Oregon and author of \u003ci\u003eEnglish Origins, Jewish Discourse, and the Nineteenth-Century British Novel: Reflections on a Nested Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCaribbean Jewish Crossings: Literary History and Creative Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (Virginia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Virginia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50387050660114,"sku":"9780813947372","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c6a24ac2-f9d9-4c26-9562-8855e28285bd.jpg?v=1728868380","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/strangers-in-the-archive-literary-evidence-and-londons-east-end-9780813947372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}