Isbn: 9783039101528 - meditations on jewish creative identity: representations of the jewish artist in the works of german-jewish writers from heine to feuchtwanger (north ... german literature and culture, band 34) (6 Ergebnisse)

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Zustand: New. Series: North American Studies in Nineteenth-century German Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344. . 2003. New. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Through an analysis of representations of Jewish artists in the works of German-Jewish writers, this book reveals that the issue of a Jewish creative identity was one of the most explosive aspects of a dual German-Jewish identity. In the shadow of both a widespread anti-Semitic stereotype which denied creativity to Jews and also of increasingly contentious debates in Jewish circles on the proper role of Jewish artists within German culture, German-Jewish writers who portrayed Jewish artists in their works were forced to grapple with some of the most contentious questions of their day: the relative importance of German and Jewish allegiance; the issue of Jewish distinctiveness or its opposite expressed in style, language, and theme; and the viability of a «Jewish» participation in German culture. Existing studies sometimes posit Jewish self-hatred or blind attachment to German culture and Enlightenment ideals as characteristic of a broad spectrum of German-Jewish writers. In contrast, this book demonstrates how many German-Jewish writers possessed a profound awareness of cultural conditions and a conscientious desire to integrate the complex demands of a dual identity.…