| The Jewish Question in German Literature, 1749-1939: Emancipation and Its Discontents Contributor(s): Robertson, Ritchie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198186312 ISBN-13: 9780198186311 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $327.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1999 Annotation: This book is an erudite literary study of the uneasy position of the Jews in Germany and Austria from the first pleas for Jewish emancipation during the Enlightenment to the eve of the Holocaust. Drawing on a wide range of literary texts, Ritchie Robertson offers a close examination of attempts to construct a Jewish identity suitable for an increasingly secular world. No other study by a single author deals with German-Jewish relations so comprehensively and over such a long period of literary history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Literary Criticism | Jewish - Religion | Judaism - General |
| Dewey: 830.935 |
| LCCN: 99022780 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Physical Information: 1.38" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.85 lbs) 544 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - Germany - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
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| Publisher Description: This book is an erudite literary study of the uneasy position of the Jews in Germany and Austria from the first pleas for Jewish emancipation during the Enlightenment to the eve of the Holocaust. Drawing on a wide range of literary texts, Ritchie Robertson offers a close examination of attempts to construct a Jewish identity suitable for an increasingly secular world. No other study by a single author deals with German-Jewish relations so comprehensively and over such a long period of literary history. |