Introductions: A figure out of time : the "Hebraic myth" and Christian typology
The cyclorama effect : nostalgia, memory, and Jewish time
The curiosity shop of time : Henry James cosmopolitanism and "the Jew"
Borrowed time : Edith Wharton and fictions in decline
The melting pot, intermarriage, and progressive reform
Coda: Emma Lazarus and the future of the Jewish problem.
