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The Melting-Pot: With a Chapter From English Humorists of To-day by J. A. Hammerton

The Melting-Pot: With a Chapter From English Humorists of To-day by J. A. Hammerton

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ISBN10: 1528715772
ISBN13: 9781528715775
Publisher: Read & Co. Classics
Published: May 26 2020
Pages: 225
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Melting Pot is a play by Israel Zangwill. First performed in 1908, it tells the story of the Quixanos, a Russian Jewish immigrant family. In an attempt to forget the horrors of his time spent in a pogrom that killed his sister and mother, David Quixanos writes an American Symphony that harks forward to a fairer and safer society devoid of ethnic divisions. After falling in love with a Russian Christian immigrant named Vera, David is forced to confront the man responsible for his family's treatment in the pogrom: Vera's Father. Israel Zangwill (1864-1926) was a British author. He was a leading figure in cultural Zionism during the 19th century, as well as close friend of Theodor Herzl. In later life, he renounced the seeking of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. Other notable works by this author include: Dreamers of the Ghetto (1898), Ghetto Tragedies (1899), and Ghetto Comedies (1907). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter from English Humourists of To-Day by J. A. Hammerton.

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