Bolesław Prus and the Jews

This book shows the complexity of the so-called "Jewish question" in nineteenth-century Congress Poland from the perspective of writer Boles¿aw Prus. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview toward Jews, from his support of the Assimilation Program in his early years to his eventual support of Zionism.

List of contents

Table of ContentsPreface to the English Edition
Introduction
1. Prus's Predecessors and Contemporaries on the Jewish Question
2. Prus's Social Reflections
3. Prus on the Traditional Aspects of the Jewish Question
4. Prus on the Modern Aspects of the Jewish Question      
Conclusion
Bibliography

About the author

Agnieszka Friedrich is a lecturer and academic at the University of Gdäsk. Her research focuses on Jewish issues in Polish literature and press between 1863 and 1914. She is the author of dozens of articles published in Polish and English in Studia Judaica, Scripta Judaica Cracoviensia, Polin, East European Jewish Affairs, Kesher, and Kwartalnik Historii ¿ydów. She is currently working on the manuscript Dreyfus Affair in Polish Press.

Summary

Shows the complexity of the so-called ‘Jewish question’ in nineteenth-century Congress Poland and especially its significance in Prus' social concept reflected in his extensive body of journalistic work, fiction, and treatises. The book traces Prus' evolving worldview, from his support of the Assimilation Program to his eventual support of Zionism.

Product details

• Authors: Agnieszka Friedrich
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9781644695739
• ISBN: 978-1-64469-573-9
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Jews of Poland
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Judaism: life and practice, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers