Talk:The Phoenix and the Carpet
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[edit] Nesbit's anti-semitism
I removed a comment referring to E. Nesbit's "profound anti-semitism" and replaced it with a more general statement. It's undeniable that there are anti-Jewish slurs disfiguring Nesbit's work (as well as attitudes toward class and race that, ironic or not, make rather unpleasant reading today); and I have adduced some additional (and uglier) examples of this tendency in the companion article on The Story of the Amulet. However, I'm not familiar enough with Nesbit's life to know if she was a "profound anti-semite" or simply a subscriber, at this point in her life, to the superficial anti-Jewish prejudices common among the Edwardian English upper classes. A far more positive portrayal of Jews appears in Nesbit's later novel Harding's Luck, which suggests that she was open to change in her beliefs. In any case, this is an issue that should be addressed foursquare in the main Edith Nesbit wiki, not introduced parenthetically into a wiki about one of her books. 68.100.18.183 13:17, 19 January 2006 (UTC)RandomCritic.
