Literature and the "problem" of expression

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Hello!

I am writing a term paper on racism and anti-Semitism in literature. I am almost finished with the research and writing, but I wanted to check here your impressions of some of the books I mentioned in my term paper. I would like you to write what impressions the books listed below left on you and what you think about their anti-Semitic element, is it just a satirical way of writing or are they very serious prejudices? The most difficult thing for me to finish was the chapter on anti-Semitism, because often some works are both considered and not considered anti-Semitic, such as Voltaire's "Candide".

Evelyn Waugh: A Handful of Dust

Graham Greene: Stamboul Train

Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist

Geoffrey Chaucher: The Canterbury Tales

Jack London: Martin Eden

Song of Roland

Friedrich Hebbel: Judith

Franz Grillparzer: The Jewess of Toledo

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