The Ambivalent Author Five German Writers and their Jewish Characters, 1848-1914

This study addresses the problems raised by the ambivalent comments about or portrayals of the Jews to be found in the writings of Gustav Freytag, Wilhelm Raabe, Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Theodor Fontane and the early Thomas Mann. Why was it that these supposedly tolerant and liberal-minded men could use the language and images of antisemitism in their non-fiction and fiction? The book considers the question within the context of the unequal German-Jewish relationship in the period before, during and after Jewish emancipation. This study exposes the problematic way in which liberal-minded Germans thought about and treated the Jews in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

About the author

The Author: Hannah Burdekin read Modern Languages at Leicester University before completing her DPhil thesis on Jewish characters in nineteenth-century German literature at Oxford. She works for the Department of Health in London on government strategy for reducing drug and alcohol abuse.

Product details

• Authors: Hannah Burdekin
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 30.04.2016
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > German linguistics / literary studies
• EAN: 9783906767055
• ISBN: 978-3-906767-05-5
• Pages: 342
• Dimensions (packing): 15 x 1.8 x 22 cm
• Weight (packing): 510 g
• Series: Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature > 29; Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in Ger > .29; Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature > 29; Britische und Irische Studien zur deutschen Sprache und Literatur / British and Irish Studies in Ger > 29