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- Title
LEGENDS OF REBECCA: IVANHOE, DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION, AND THE PORTRAITS OF REBECCA GRATZ.
- Authors
Lewin, Judith
- Abstract
The article focuses on the character of the Jewess, Rebecca of York, from the novel "Ivanhoe," by Walter Scott. Rebecca is one of the most enigmatic and the one that most threatens the ideological edifice upon which historical fiction is built. Rebecca's choice to remain with her father, to go into exile and never to marry has been one of the main focuses in the history of the tale's reception. Rebecca offers a particularly apt demonstration of the tensions arising from the opposition between truth and plausibility. Scott's reflections on the problem of truth and plausibility evolved in relation to Rebecca and the unfolding of the character's reception and influence.
- Subjects
JEWISH women; LITERARY characters; IVANHOE (Book : Scott); SCOTT, Walter, Sir, 1771-1832; HISTORICAL fiction; PLAUSIBILITY (Logic)
- Publication
Nashim: A Journal of Jewish Women's Studies & Gender Issues, 2005, Issue 10, p178
- ISSN
0793-8934
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/NAS.2005.-.10.178