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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Robertson, Ritchie. 'Jewish question' in German literature, 1749-1939. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)607309431 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ritchie Robertson |
| ISBN: | 0198186312 hb 9780198186311 hb |
| OCLC Number: | 40990212 |
| Description: | x, 534 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | German Jewry before emancipation -- How the enlightenment saw the Jews -- Lessing and toleration -- Emancipation: Dohm versus Humboldt -- Moses Mendelssohn and the rational Jew -- Mendelssohn's legacy -- Jews and liberalism in the nineteenth century -- Schnitzler: liberalism and irony -- The European humanism of Stefan Zweig -- Freud: science versus religion -- Varieties of antisemitism -- Literary images of the Jew -- The meaning of assimilation -- Self-hatred -- Hyperacculturation -- The Jewish Renaissance -- The Eastern Jews -- The Jew as Oriental -- Zionism. |
| Responsibility: | Ritchie Robertson. |
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... engaging reading of the Enlightenment ... as a study of representations of Jewish identities, Robertson's work offers a well-versed survey and provides a comprehensive view of the topic that leaves only the field of postwar German-Jewish literature untouched. The Jewish Quarterly Review Introduces non-Germans to well and lesser-known German literary figures from 1749 to 1939 and to the answers they had to the so-called 'Jewish Question'. Religion and the Arts A work of outstanding thoroughness and scholarship. The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies Eminently readable and accessible, this study is destined to become the standard survey of the topic. Modern Language Quarterly Robertson aims to give a broad synthesis of nearly two centuries of literary history, and it is difficult to imagine a book that does it better. Modern Language Quarterly He [Robertson] recognizes that hostility to Jews had many sources ... This flexibility enables Robertson to provide a sensitive analysis of German writers about Jews. James J. Sheehan, Times Literary Supplement This is an excellent introduction to the literary treatment of Jews and the Jewish question, accessible enough for beginners, interesting and challenging enough for experts. James J. Sheehan, Times Literary Supplement Robertson is a careful and astute reader, sensitive to the nuances of language and style, alert to historical connections, and able to make useful comparisons across a wide range of European literature. James J. Sheehan, Times Literary Supplement Robertson's is a magisterial work. He has read everything and summarised it well. Anthony Julius, The Times Read more...
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- Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1800-1933.
- Jews -- Emancipation -- Germany.
- Jews -- Cultural assimilation -- Germany.
- Jews -- Public opinion.
- Public opinion -- Germany.
- Antisemitism -- Germany.
- Jews in literature.
- Jews -- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- Germany -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
- Joden.
- Letterkunde.
- Duits.
- Juifs -- Opinion publique.
- Juifs -- Allemagne -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle.
- Juifs -- Allemagne -- Histoire -- 1800-1933.
- Juifs -- Émancipation -- Allemagne.
- Juifs -- Acculturation -- Allemagne.
- Antisémitisme -- Allemagne.
- Juifs dans la littérature.
- Littérature allemande -- Thèmes, motifs.
- Littérature allemande -- 18e siècle -- Thèmes, motifs.
- Littérature allemande -- 1900-1945 -- Thèmes, motifs.
- Opinion publique -- Allemagne.
- Allemagne -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle.
