Philo-semitism in nineteenth-century German literature / Irving Massey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massey, Irving, author.

Series:

Conditio Judaica ; 29.

Conditio Judaica, 0941-5866 ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German literature--19th century--History and criticism.

German literature.

Jews in literature.

Judaism in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2014

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Niemeyer, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The work begins with an attempt to understand the philosophy of Nazism and its attendant anti-Semitism, as a necessary prelude to the study of philo-Semitism, which also displays a continuous tradition to the present day. Most of the non-Jewish authors in Germany in the nineteenth century expressed both anti-Semitic and philo-Semitic views (as did most of the German-Jewish authors of that same time); the following work deals with philo-Semitic texts by the non-Jewish authors of the period. The writer who provides the largest body of relevant material is Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, but works by Gutzkow, Bettine von Arnim, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Hebbel, Freytag, Raabe, Fontane, Grillparzer, Ebner-Eschenbach, Anzengruber, and Ferdinand von Saar are also examined, as are several tales by the Alsatian authors Erckmann and Chatrian. There is a short chapter on women and philo-Semitism. The conclusion draws attention to the feelings of guilt that are revealed in a number of the texts.

Contents:

Front matter

Content

I. Introductory

II. Sacher-Masoch, Talmudist

III. Philo-Semitism in Nineteenth-Century German Fiction

IV. The Borders (I)

V. The Borders (II)

VI. Women and Philo-Semitism

VII. Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-193) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110935561

3110935562

OCLC:

913095367