| German Literature between Faiths: Jew and Christian at Odds and in Harmony Contributor(s): Brown, Peter D. G. (Other), Meister, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3039101749 ISBN-13: 9783039101740 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $84.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Judaism - General - Literary Criticism | European - German - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 830.935 |
| LCCN: 2004057609 |
| Series: Studies in German Jewish History |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 246 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Religion is a central concern of German literature in all centuries, and the canon looks different when this perspective is acknowledged. For example, Goethe's fascination with evil is difficult to disentangle from the Holocaust, Moses Mendelssohn is as profound as the playwright who portrayed him, and Princess Sabbath deserves to be numbered among Heine's more enchanting lyrics. This essay collection posits, and tests, the hypothesis that German literature at its best is often an expression or investigation of Judaism or Christianity at their best; but that the best German literature is not always the best-known, and vice versa. Asking whether the New Testament is anti-Jewish (and answering in the negative), essayists range through the German centuries from The Heliand to Kafka and Thomas Mann. |