The Jewish Question in German Literature, 1749-1939: Emancipation and Its Discontents
Ritchie Robertson
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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.
Product Details
Price
$396.75
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Publish Date
August 26, 1999
Pages
544
Dimensions
5.5 X 8.5 X 1.38 inches | 1.85 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780198186311
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About the Author
Ritchie Robertson is Professor of German at Oxford University and Fellow and Tutor of St John's College, Oxford. He is the author of Kafka: Judaism, Politics, and Literature (1985) and Heine (1988), which have also been published in German translation, and The 'Jewish Question' in German Literature, 1749-1939 (1999). He has also published numerous translations from German, including works by Heine and Hoffmann. He is an editor of The Modern Language Review.
Reviews
"Robertson's work offers a well-versed survey and provides, despite his disclaimer, a comprehensive view of the topic that leaves only the field of postwar German literature untouched."-- The Jewish Quarterly Review
