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This book examines the charged but mostly overlooked presence of the sensational Jew in antebellum literature. This stereotyped character appears primarily in the pulpy sensation fiction of popular writers like George Lippard, Ned Buntline, Emerson Bennett, and others. But this figure also plays an important role in the sometimes sensational work of canonical writers such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Edgar Allan Poe, and Walt Whitman. Whatever the medium, this character, always overdetermined, does consistent cultural work. This book contends that, as the figure who embodies money and capitalism in the antebellum imagination, the sensational Jew is the character who most fully represents a felt anxiety about the increasingly unstable nature of a range of social categories in the antebellum US, and the sense of loss and self-hatred so often lurking in the background of modern Gentile identity. Each chapter examines a different form of sensationalism (urban gothic; sentimental city mysteries; anti-Tom plantation narratives; etc.), and a different set of anxieties (threats to class status; collapsing regional identity; the uncertain status of Whiteness and other racial categories; etc.). Throughout, the sensational Jew acts both as a figure of proteophobia (fear of disorder and ambivalence), and as the figure who embodies in uncanny form a more fulfilling and socially coherent form of identity that predates the modern liberal selfhood of the post-Enlightenment world. The sensational Jew is therefore a revealing figure in antebellum culture, as well as an important antecedent to contemporary antisemitism in the US.

Out of the Blue explores the intersection of myth and reality in everyday life. With vivid imagery and rich themes, the author mines his own experiences and world mythology to share a personal vision quest."The poems and stories in Out of the Blue take their time. As they unfold, they invite us inward, into memories, musings, anxieties, and sudden pleasures of people whose points of view we grasp with a shock of recognition: the moments in which we find them--on a bus, on a snowy mountainside, by a hearth where a dead bird lies in ashes--are strangely familiar. We meet them in the deep interiority of their self-knowing and are led to recollect ourselves. Anthony's fine sense of character, pace, and phrase entices us from one piece to the next, When the last page comes, the clear next step will be to begin again."Marilyn McEntyre, UC Berkeley. Author of Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies

Through ancient artifacts and modern science, this richly illustrated handbook traces the development of four domesticated animals-the horse, dog, cow, and cat-important to the human community as pets, major food producers, and powerful work animals.

A collection of new and selected poems by the noted English poet.

Jena is asked to guide a large group of hierophants into the dangerous mountains of Atlantis to perform a religious ceremony. Earthquakes are tearing the nation apart, and sending carnivorous reptiles into everyone's kitchens, and this is an attempt to contact the earth elementals to begin a reversal. She has the usual wacky group of companions, and meets more along the way. The clock is ticking as other armies attempt to destroy the temple, and it's a rough ride for all. A thorough exploration of this part of the continent, with its even more ancient ruins and underground caverns, Jena must turn from weapons to accomplish this with wit and humor

Hope and Help for Those in Need "A practical and personal guide to the social security disability process" Disability can be devastating. Sickness, accident, or injury can change anyone's life unexpectedly. And when it does you face not only physical but financial and emotional challenges too. Help is available, but finding it can demand strength, hope, and perseverance just when they seem to be in shortest supply. Inspired by his mother's own struggle to secure the assistance she was due after a debilitating surgery, David Anthony presents the information and inspiration needed to guide you through the social security disability process--for yourself or a loved one. Equal parts handbook, guide book, and personal workbook, "Disabled and Blessed" tells you: Who to contact (government departments, organizations, professionals) What to expect (procedures and time frames) How to navigate the system (applications and appeals) Where to find support (personal care)"Disabled and Blessed "will help you access the practical and personal resources necessary to ensure a purposeful life despite practical limitations.

Researchers have discovered a number of Jewish and early Christian sects that were not fully known for thousands of years. Along with Saducees, Pharisees, and Zealots-which are well-known-Essenes, Mandaeans, and the monastery at Qumran have enriched the understanding of religious communities in the first century. In this book, you'll learn about these sects through the eyes of John, who begins an eight-hour walk from Jerusalem to Qumran. While he'd visited the library in Qumran many times to read the scrolls available only to the Essenes and to hear the teachings handed down from the righteous teacher and other leaders of the desert community, this trip is different. John had turned away from the Sadducees, who focused their religion on the Torah and the temple. He had also spurned the Pharisees, who built rhetorical shrines to the oral Torah traditions, openly praising their own purity above other Judaic traditions. Even more vehemently, John abhorred the Herodians, who ruled over Judea. Having reached the age of thirty, his plan is to seek admission to the monastery of Qumran. He does not know when, if ever, he'll return to Jerusalem.

Researchers have discovered a number of Jewish and early Christian sects that were not fully known for thousands of years. Along with Saducees, Pharisees, and Zealots-which are well-known-Essenes, Mandaeans, and the monastery at Qumran have enriched the understanding of religious communities in the first century. In this book, you'll learn about these sects through the eyes of John, who begins an eight-hour walk from Jerusalem to Qumran. While he'd visited the library in Qumran many times to read the scrolls available only to the Essenes and to hear the teachings handed down from the righteous teacher and other leaders of the desert community, this trip is different. John had turned away from the Sadducees, who focused their religion on the Torah and the temple. He had also spurned the Pharisees, who built rhetorical shrines to the oral Torah traditions, openly praising their own purity above other Judaic traditions. Even more vehemently, John abhorred the Herodians, who ruled over Judea. Having reached the age of thirty, his plan is to seek admission to the monastery of Qumran. He does not know when, if ever, he'll return to Jerusalem.

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