''Jewish Question'' in German Literature, 1749-1939 - Emancipation and Its Discontents

Zusatztext Robertson's tireless labour ... Robertson's scholarly work deserves a place in every university library. Klappentext Gradually receiving legal rights from the eighteenth century onwards, Jews in Germany and Austria adapted to their surrounding culture with success but also with increasing strain as antisemitism gathered pace. Ritchie Robertson offers a cogent examination of this dual process and investigates how its tensions were articulated in a range of literary works, by both Jews and Gentile authors, from the Enlightenment to the 1930s. Zusammenfassung This text examines attempts to construct a Jewish identity suitable for an increasingly secular world. He examines both literary portrayals of Jews by Gentile writers - whether antisemitic, friendly, or ambivalent - and efforts to reinvent Jewish identities by the Jews themselves.

Summary

This text examines attempts to construct a Jewish identity suitable for an increasingly secular world. He examines both literary portrayals of Jews by Gentile writers - whether antisemitic, friendly, or ambivalent - and efforts to reinvent Jewish identities by the Jews themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Ritchie (St John's College Robertson, Ritchie Robertson, Ritchie (Reader in German and Fellow Robertson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780199248889
• ISBN: 978-0-19-924888-9
• No. of pages: 544
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies; Germany, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM / Jewish, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, german, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Jewish Studies, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities