Talk:Israel Zangwill
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Where did he die? Some sources say Preston, and others Midhurst? David Martland 08:40, 26 Jan 2004 (UTC)
"Land without a people"
He did not coin the phrase. He simply did not. Look at the Shaftesbury article. It was a Christian usage that Zangwill imitated. Not one he originated.
Stop it - Suldana. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.35.59 (talk) 00:37, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
- Shaftebury once said "A country without a nation for a nation without a country", which is another phrase. Zangwill coined the phrase "Land without a people" more than 50 years later. He might have been inspired by Shaftebury, but that is a different question. Suladna (talk) 21:23, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
What Zangwill actually wrote, in the New Liberal Review in December, 1901, was “Palestine is a country without a people; the Jews are a people without a country.”
The phrase was Christian. Zangwill admists that he borrowed it from Shaftesbury, see: Garfinkle, Adam M., “On the Origin, Meaning, Use and Abuse of a Phrase.” Middle Eastern Studies, London, Oct. 1991, vol. 27, No. 4.
There is no evidence that Zangwill every used the phrase in the form "land without a people." Somebody may have. It just wasn't Zangwill. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.39.35.32 (talk) 00:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Zangwill and his play The Melting Pot
Reference needs to be made of Zangwill's authorship of the play The Melting Pot, which was first staged in the United States in 1908.
