| The Ambivalent Author: Five German Writers and Their Jewish Characters, 1848-1914 Contributor(s): Yates, W. E. (Editor), Reiss, Hans S. (Editor), Burdekin, Hannah (Author) |
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ISBN: 3906767051 ISBN-13: 9783906767055 Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis OUR PRICE: $110.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - German - Religion | Judaism - General - History |
| Dewey: 830.352 |
| LCCN: 2002041339 |
| Series: British and Irish Studies in German Language and Literature. |
| Physical Information: 342 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |